Add workflow to clear all GitHub Actions caches

Runs on push to this branch and via manual workflow_dispatch. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
pipeline fixes (#6068 )
2026-09-03 05:10:16 +03:00 · 2026-04-04 10:52:16 +01:00 · 2026-04-04 10:19:38 +01:00 · 2026-04-03 17:47:48 +01:00 · 2026-04-03 16:49:16 +01:00 · 2026-04-03 16:04:38 +01:00
1379 changed files with 189469 additions and 44074 deletions
@@ -1,75 +1,75 @@
-# Node modules and build artifacts
-node_modules
-frontend/node_modules
-frontend/dist
-frontend/build
-frontend/.vite
-frontend/.tauri
-frontend/src-tauri/target
-
-# Gradle build artifacts
-.gradle
-build
-bin
-target
-out
-
-# Git
-.git
+# Version control
+.git/
 .gitignore

-# IDE
-.vscode
-.idea
+# Build outputs
+build/
+*/build/
+**/build/
+out/
+target/
+**/target/
+bin/
+version_builds/
+
+# Gradle caches (local, not what's in the container)
+.gradle/
+**/.gradle/
+
+# Node / frontend
+node_modules/
+**/node_modules/
+frontend/node_modules/
+frontend/dist/
+.npm/
+.yarn/
+
+# Tauri/desktop builds
+src-tauri/target/
+src-tauri/dist/
+
+# IDE and editor
+.idea/
+.vscode/
 *.iml
-*.iws
 *.ipr
+*.iws

-# Logs
+# Logs and temp files
 *.log
-logs
+*.tmp
+*.pid
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db

-# Environment files
+# Docker itself
+Dockerfile*
+.dockerignore
+
+# CI / CD configs (not needed in build context)
+.github/
+.circleci/
+.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+# Test reports
+**/test-results/
+**/jacoco/
+
+# Testing and documentation (not needed in build)
+testing/
+docs/
+*.md
+README*
+
+# Local env
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example

-# OS files
-.DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
-
-# Java compiled files
-*.class
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
-
-# Test reports
-test-results
-coverage
-
-# Docker
-docker-compose.override.yml
-.dockerignore
-
-# Temporary files
-tmp
-temp
-*.tmp
+# Misc
 *.swp
+*.swo
 *~
-
-# Runtime database and config files (locked by running app)
-app/core/configs/**
-stirling/**
-stirling-pdf-DB*.mv.db
-stirling-pdf-DB*.trace.db
-
-# Documentation
-*.md
-!README.md
-docs
-
-# CI/CD
-.github
-.gitlab-ci.yml
+.DS_Store
+.cache/
+.pytest_cache/
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ indent_size = 4
 max_line_length = 100

 [*.py]
-indent_size = 2
+indent_size = 4

 [*.gradle]
 indent_size = 4
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ openapi: &openapi
  - *build
  - app/(common|core|proprietary)/src/main/java/**

+docker-base: &docker-base
+  - docker/base/Dockerfile
+  - ".github/workflows/push-docker-base.yml"
+
 docker: &docker
-  - Dockerfile
-  - Dockerfile.fat
-  - Dockerfile.ultra-lite
+  - docker/embedded/Dockerfile
+  - docker/embedded/Dockerfile.fat
+  - docker/embedded/Dockerfile.ultra-lite
  - ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+  - ".github/workflows/push-docker.yml"
  - scripts/init.sh
  - scripts/init-without-ocr.sh
  - exampleYmlFiles/**
+  - *docker-base

 project: &project
  - app/(common|core|proprietary)/src/(main|test)/java/**
@@ -24,6 +30,7 @@ project: &project
  - libs/**
  - "testing/**/!(requirements*.txt|requirements*.in)*"
  - *docker
+  - *docker-base
  - gradle.properties
  - gradlew
  - gradlew.bat
@@ -68,3 +68,8 @@ updates:
    schedule:
      interval: "weekly"
    rebase-strategy: "auto"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: /frontend/src-tauri/provisioner
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # CVE-2025-6176 mitigation: pin brotli to a specific commit
 brotli @ git+https://github.com/google/brotli.git@028fb5a23661f123017c060daa546b55cf4bde29
    # via
-    #   -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    #   -r requirements_dev.in
    #   fonttools
 cffi==2.0.0 \
    --hash=sha256:00bdf7acc5f795150faa6957054fbbca2439db2f775ce831222b66f192f03beb \
@@ -256,105 +256,105 @@ opencv-python-headless==4.13.0.90 \
    --hash=sha256:e13790342591557050157713af17a7435ac1b50c65282715093c9297fa045d8f \
    --hash=sha256:eba38bc255d0b7d1969c5bcc90a060ca2b61a3403b613872c750bfa5dfe9e03b \
    --hash=sha256:f46b17ea0aa7e4124ca6ad71143f89233ae9557f61d2326bcdb34329a1ddf9bd
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
 pdf2image==1.17.0 \
    --hash=sha256:eaa959bc116b420dd7ec415fcae49b98100dda3dd18cd2fdfa86d09f112f6d57 \
    --hash=sha256:ecdd58d7afb810dffe21ef2b1bbc057ef434dabbac6c33778a38a3f7744a27e2
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
-pillow==12.1.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:00162e9ca6d22b7c3ee8e61faa3c3253cd19b6a37f126cad04f2f88b306f557d \
-    --hash=sha256:079af2fb0c599c2ec144ba2c02766d1b55498e373b3ac64687e43849fbbef5bc \
-    --hash=sha256:0b022eaaf709541b391ee069f0022ee5b36c709df71986e3f7be312e46f42c84 \
-    --hash=sha256:0c27407a2d1b96774cbc4a7594129cc027339fd800cd081e44497722ea1179de \
-    --hash=sha256:0ddedfaa8b5f0b4ffbc2fa87b556dc59f6bb4ecb14a53b33f9189713ae8053c0 \
-    --hash=sha256:0deedf2ea233722476b3a81e8cdfbad786f7adbed5d848469fa59fe52396e4ef \
-    --hash=sha256:0ed07dca4a8464bada6139ab38f5382f83e5f111698caf3191cb8dbf27d908b4 \
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-    --hash=sha256:15c794d74303828eaa957ff8070846d0efe8c630901a1c753fdc63850e19ecd9 \
-    --hash=sha256:1a949604f73eb07a8adab38c4fe50791f9919344398bdc8ac6b307f755fc7030 \
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-    --hash=sha256:fb125d860738a09d363a88daa0f59c4533529a90e564785e20fe875b200b6dbd
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
+pillow==12.1.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:02f84dfad02693676692746df05b89cf25597560db2857363a208e393429f5e9 \
+    --hash=sha256:0330d233c1a0ead844fc097a7d16c0abff4c12e856c0b325f231820fee1f39da \
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+    --hash=sha256:5a8eb7ed8d4198bccbd07058416eeec51686b498e784eda166395a23eb99138e \
+    --hash=sha256:5c0dd1636633e7e6a0afe7bf6a51a14992b7f8e60de5789018ebbdfae55b040a \
+    --hash=sha256:5cb1785d97b0c3d1d1a16bc1d710c4a0049daefc4935f3a8f31f827f4d3d2e7f \
+    --hash=sha256:5d1f9575a12bed9e9eedd9a4972834b08c97a352bd17955ccdebfeca5913fa0a \
+    --hash=sha256:5d8c41325b382c07799a3682c1c258469ea2ff97103c53717b7893862d0c98ce \
+    --hash=sha256:5dae5f21afb91322f2ff791895ddd8889e5e947ff59f71b46041c8ce6db790bc \
+    --hash=sha256:600fd103672b925fe62ed08e0d874ea34d692474df6f4bf7ebe148b30f89f39f \
+    --hash=sha256:6408a7b064595afcab0a49393a413732a35788f2a5092fdc6266952ed67de586 \
+    --hash=sha256:652a2c9ccfb556235b2b501a3a7cf3742148cd22e04b5625c5fe057ea3e3191f \
+    --hash=sha256:665e1b916b043cef294bc54d47bf02d87e13f769bc4bc5fa225a24b3a6c5aca9 \
+    --hash=sha256:691ab2ac363b8217f7d31b3497108fb1f50faab2f75dfb03284ec2f217e87bf8 \
+    --hash=sha256:6c52f062424c523d6c4db85518774cc3d50f5539dd6eed32b8f6229b26f24d40 \
+    --hash=sha256:6c6db3b84c87d48d0088943bf33440e0c42370b99b1c2a7989216f7b42eede60 \
+    --hash=sha256:7311c0a0dcadb89b36b7025dfd8326ecfa36964e29913074d47382706e516a7c \
+    --hash=sha256:7aac39bcf8d4770d089588a2e1dd111cbaa42df5a94be3114222057d68336bd0 \
+    --hash=sha256:7b03048319bfc6170e93bd60728a1af51d3dd7704935feb228c4d4faab35d334 \
+    --hash=sha256:7e7976bf1910a8116b523b9f9f58bf410f3e8aa330cd9a2bb2953f9266ab49af \
+    --hash=sha256:8089c852a56c2966cf18835db62d9b34fef7ba74c726ad943928d494fa7f4735 \
+    --hash=sha256:86172b0831b82ce4f7877f280055892b31179e1576aa00d0df3bb1bbf8c3e524 \
+    --hash=sha256:89b54027a766529136a06cfebeecb3a04900397a3590fd252160b888479517bf \
+    --hash=sha256:89c7e895002bbe49cdc5426150377cbbc04767d7547ed145473f496dfa40408b \
+    --hash=sha256:8b7e5304e34942bf62e15184219a7b5ad4ff7f3bb5cca4d984f37df1a0e1aee2 \
+    --hash=sha256:8fd420ef0c52c88b5a035a0886f367748c72147b2b8f384c9d12656678dfdfa9 \
+    --hash=sha256:98edb152429ab62a1818039744d8fbb3ccab98a7c29fc3d5fcef158f3f1f68b7 \
+    --hash=sha256:99c1506ea77c11531d75e3a412832a13a71c7ebc8192ab9e4b2e355555920e3e \
+    --hash=sha256:9ad8fa5937ab05218e2b6a4cff30295ad35afd2f83ac592e68c0d871bb0fdbc4 \
+    --hash=sha256:9f51079765661884a486727f0729d29054242f74b46186026582b4e4769918e4 \
+    --hash=sha256:a003d7422449f6d1e3a34e3dd4110c22148336918ddbfc6a32581cd54b2e0b2b \
+    --hash=sha256:a0b1cd6232e2b618adcc54d9882e4e662a089d5768cd188f7c245b4c8c44a397 \
+    --hash=sha256:a285e3eb7a5a45a2ff504e31f4a8d1b12ef62e84e5411c6804a42197c1cf586c \
+    --hash=sha256:a37691702ed687799de29a518d63d4682d9016932db66d4e90c345831b02fb4e \
+    --hash=sha256:a550ae29b95c6dc13cf69e2c9dc5747f814c54eeb2e32d683e5e93af56caa029 \
+    --hash=sha256:ab174cd7d29a62dd139c44bf74b698039328f45cb03b4596c43473a46656b2f3 \
+    --hash=sha256:ab323b787d6e18b3d91a72fc99b1a2c28651e4358749842b8f8dfacd28ef2052 \
+    --hash=sha256:adebb5bee0f0af4909c30db0d890c773d1a92ffe83da908e2e9e720f8edf3984 \
+    --hash=sha256:aee2810642b2898bb187ced9b349e95d2a7272930796e022efaf12e99dccd293 \
+    --hash=sha256:af9a332e572978f0218686636610555ae3defd1633597be015ed50289a03c523 \
+    --hash=sha256:b574c51cf7d5d62e9be37ba446224b59a2da26dc4c1bb2ecbe936a4fb1a7cb7f \
+    --hash=sha256:b66e95d05ba806247aaa1561f080abc7975daf715c30780ff92a20e4ec546e1b \
+    --hash=sha256:b81b5e3511211631b3f672a595e3221252c90af017e399056d0faabb9538aa80 \
+    --hash=sha256:b957b71c6b2387610f556a7eb0828afbe40b4a98036fc0d2acfa5a44a0c2036f \
+    --hash=sha256:bb66b7cc26f50977108790e2456b7921e773f23db5630261102233eb355a3b79 \
+    --hash=sha256:c6008de247150668a705a6338156efb92334113421ceecf7438a12c9a12dab23 \
+    --hash=sha256:c7697918b5be27424e9ce568193efd13d925c4481dd364e43f5dff72d33e10f8 \
+    --hash=sha256:cb9bb857b2d057c6dfc72ac5f3b44836924ba15721882ef103cecb40d002d80e \
+    --hash=sha256:cc7d296b5ea4d29e6570dabeaed58d31c3fea35a633a69679fb03d7664f43fb3 \
+    --hash=sha256:d242e8ac078781f1de88bf823d70c1a9b3c7950a44cdf4b7c012e22ccbcd8e4e \
+    --hash=sha256:d2912fd8114fc5545aa3a4b5576512f64c55a03f3ebcca4c10194d593d43ea36 \
+    --hash=sha256:d470ab1178551dd17fdba0fef463359c41aaa613cdcd7ff8373f54be629f9f8f \
+    --hash=sha256:d4ce8e329c93845720cd2014659ca67eac35f6433fd3050393d85f3ecef0dad5 \
+    --hash=sha256:d6e4571eedf43af33d0fc233a382a76e849badbccdf1ac438841308652a08e1f \
+    --hash=sha256:e65498daf4b583091ccbb2556c7000abf0f3349fcd57ef7adc9a84a394ed29f6 \
+    --hash=sha256:e879bb6cd5c73848ef3b2b48b8af9ff08c5b71ecda8048b7dd22d8a33f60be32 \
+    --hash=sha256:e9e8064fb1cc019296958595f6db671fba95209e3ceb0c4734c9baf97de04b20 \
+    --hash=sha256:f7ed2c6543bad5a7d5530eb9e78c53132f93dfa44a28492db88b41cdab885202 \
+    --hash=sha256:f95c00d5d6700b2b890479664a06e754974848afaae5e21beb4d83c106923fd0 \
+    --hash=sha256:f975aa7ef9684ce7e2c18a3aa8f8e2106ce1e46b94ab713d156b2898811651d3 \
+    --hash=sha256:fbfa2a7c10cc2623f412753cddf391c7f971c52ca40a3f65dc5039b2939e8563 \
+    --hash=sha256:fc354a04072b765eccf2204f588a7a532c9511e8b9c7f900e1b64e3e33487090 \
+    --hash=sha256:fc44ef1f3de4f45b50ccf9136999d71abb99dca7706bc75d222ed350b9fd2289
    # via
-    #   -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    #   -r requirements_dev.in
    #   pdf2image
    #   weasyprint
 platformdirs==4.5.1 \
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ platformdirs==4.5.1 \
 pre-commit==4.5.1 \
    --hash=sha256:3b3afd891e97337708c1674210f8eba659b52a38ea5f822ff142d10786221f77 \
    --hash=sha256:eb545fcff725875197837263e977ea257a402056661f09dae08e4b149b030a61
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
 pycparser==3.0 \
    --hash=sha256:600f49d217304a5902ac3c37e1281c9fe94e4d0489de643a9504c5cdfdfc6b29 \
    --hash=sha256:b727414169a36b7d524c1c3e31839a521725078d7b2ff038656844266160a992
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ tinyhtml5==2.0.0 \
 unoserver==3.6 \
    --hash=sha256:25c360fa194396a89cb79b4edd2735f8e4f0fd8531e59db3952114585bd7df05 \
    --hash=sha256:e446bcb3638c51880f002aaeecab1cf74dfa9df81035f027f7ff2e081b6d7015
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
 virtualenv==20.36.1 \
    --hash=sha256:575a8d6b124ef88f6f51d56d656132389f961062a9177016a50e4f507bbcc19f \
    --hash=sha256:8befb5c81842c641f8ee658481e42641c68b5eab3521d8e092d18320902466ba
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ virtualenv==20.36.1 \
 weasyprint==68.0 \
    --hash=sha256:447f40898b747cb44ac31a5d493d512e7441fd56e13f63744c099383bbf9cda9 \
    --hash=sha256:c2cb40c71b50837c5971f00171c9e4078e8c9912dd7c217f3e90e068f11e8aa1
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
 webencodings==0.5.1 \
    --hash=sha256:a0af1213f3c2226497a97e2b3aa01a7e4bee4f403f95be16fc9acd2947514a78 \
    --hash=sha256:b36a1c245f2d304965eb4e0a82848379241dc04b865afcc4aab16748587e1923
@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ zopfli==0.4.0 \
 pip==26.0 \
    --hash=sha256:3ce220a0a17915972fbf1ab451baae1521c4539e778b28127efa79b974aff0fa \
    --hash=sha256:98436feffb9e31bc9339cf369fd55d3331b1580b6a6f1173bacacddcf9c34754
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
 setuptools==80.10.2 \
    --hash=sha256:8b0e9d10c784bf7d262c4e5ec5d4ec94127ce206e8738f29a437945fbc219b70 \
    --hash=sha256:95b30ddfb717250edb492926c92b5221f7ef3fbcc2b07579bcd4a27da21d0173
-    # via -r .github/scripts/requirements_dev.in
+    # via -r requirements_dev.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
      pr_ref: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.ref }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile
          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
          tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:v2-${{ steps.commit-hash.outputs.app_short }}
          build-args: VERSION_TAG=v2-alpha
          platforms: linux/amd64
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
      enable_enterprise: ${{ steps.check-pro-flag.outputs.enable_enterprise }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ jobs:
          ref: refs/pull/${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}/merge
          token: ${{ steps.setup-bot.outputs.token }}

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Run Gradle Command
        run: |
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile
          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
          tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:pr-${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}
          build-args: VERSION_TAG=alpha
          platforms: linux/amd64
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+name: AI Engine CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  engine:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: engine
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make install
+
+      - name: Run fixers
+        # Ignore errors here because we're going to add comments for them in the following steps before actually failing
+        run: make fix || true
+
+      - name: Check for fixer changes
+        id: fixer_changes
+        run: |
+          if git diff --quiet; then
+            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Post fixer suggestions
+        if: steps.fixer_changes.outputs.changed == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        uses: reviewdog/action-suggester@v1
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          tool_name: engine-make-fix
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          filter_mode: file
+          fail_level: any
+          level: info
+
+      - name: Comment on fixer suggestions
+        if: steps.fixer_changes.outputs.changed == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              body: "The Python code in your PR has formatting/linting issues. Consider running `make fix` locally or setting up your editor's Ruff integration to auto-format and lint your files as you go, or commit the suggested changes on this PR.",
+            });
+
+      - name: Verify fixer changes are committed
+        if: steps.fixer_changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          if ! git diff --exit-code; then
+            echo "Fixes are out of date."
+            echo "Apply the reviewdog suggestions or run 'make fix' from engine/ and commit the updated files."
+            git --no-pager diff --stat
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run linting
+        run: make lint
+
+      - name: Run type checking
+        run: make typecheck
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: AI PR Title Analysis
        if: steps.actor.outputs.is_repo_dev == 'true'
        id: ai-title-analysis
-        uses: actions/ai-inference@a6101c89c6feaecc585efdd8d461f18bb7896f20 # v2.0.5
+        uses: actions/ai-inference@e09e65981758de8b2fdab13c2bfb7c7d5493b0b6 # v2.0.7
        with:
          model: openai/gpt-4o
          system-prompt-file: ".github/config/system-prompt.txt"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

-      - uses: srvaroa/labeler@0a20eccb8c94a1ee0bed5f16859aece1c45c3e55 # v1.13.0
+      - uses: srvaroa/labeler@bf262763a8a8e191f5847873aecc0f29df84f957 # v1.14.0
        with:
          config_path: .github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml
          use_local_config: false
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@ jobs:
      project: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.project }}
      openapi: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.openapi }}
      frontend: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.frontend }}
+      docker-base: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.docker-base }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - name: Check for file changes
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
        id: changes
        with:
          filters: .github/config/.files.yaml
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        jdk-version: [17, 21]
+        jdk-version: [21, 25]
        spring-security: [true, false]
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit
      - name: Checkout repository
@@ -68,10 +69,20 @@ jobs:
          java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-${{ matrix.jdk-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true

      - name: Build with Gradle and spring security ${{ matrix.spring-security }}
        run: ./gradlew build -PnoSpotless
@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Upload Test Reports
        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: test-reports-jdk-${{ matrix.jdk-version }}-spring-security-${{ matrix.spring-security }}
          path: |
@@ -130,23 +141,33 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-25-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true

      - name: Generate OpenAPI documentation
        run: ./gradlew :stirling-pdf:generateOpenApiDocs
@@ -157,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
          DISABLE_ADDITIONAL_FEATURES: true

      - name: Upload OpenAPI Documentation
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: openapi-docs
          path: ./SwaggerDoc.json
@@ -168,13 +189,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: "22"
          cache: "npm"
@@ -182,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install frontend dependencies
        run: cd frontend && npm ci
      - name: Type-check frontend
-        run: cd frontend && npm run prebuild && npm run typecheck:all
+        run: cd frontend && npm run prep && npm run typecheck:all
      - name: Lint frontend
        run: cd frontend && npm run lint
      - name: Build frontend
@@ -190,38 +211,86 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run frontend tests
        run: cd frontend && npm run test -- --run
      - name: Upload frontend build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: frontend-build
          path: frontend/dist/
          retention-days: 3

+  playwright-e2e:
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true'
+    needs: files-changed
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
+        with:
+          node-version: "22"
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        run: cd frontend && npm ci
+      - name: Generate icons
+        run: cd frontend && node scripts/generate-icons.js
+      - name: Install Playwright (chromium only)
+        run: cd frontend && npx playwright install chromium --with-deps
+      - name: Run E2E tests (chromium)
+        run: cd frontend && npx playwright test --project=chromium
+      - name: Upload Playwright report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: playwright-report-pr-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: frontend/playwright-report/
+          retention-days: 7
+
  check-licence:
    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.build == 'true'
    needs: [files-changed, build]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-25-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true

      - name: check the licenses for compatibility
-        run: ./gradlew checkLicense
+        # NOTE: --no-parallel is intentional here. Running the checkLicense task in parallel with other
+        # Gradle tasks has been observed to cause intermittent failures with the dependency license
+        # checking plugin on this Gradle version. Disabling parallel execution trades some build speed
+        # for more reliable, deterministic license checks. If upgrading Gradle or the plugin, consider
+        # re-evaluating whether this flag is still required before removing it.
+        run: ./gradlew checkLicense --no-parallel
        env:
          MAVEN_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
@@ -229,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: FAILED - check the licenses for compatibility
        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: dependencies-without-allowed-license.json
          path: build/reports/dependency-license/dependencies-without-allowed-license.json
@@ -253,37 +322,55 @@ jobs:
    #     )

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+      contents: read
+      checks: write

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-25-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0

+      # Expose ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN / ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL for docker buildx type=gha cache backend.
+      - name: Expose GitHub runtime for Buildx cache
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@04d248b84655b509d8c44dc1d6f990c879747487 # v4.0.0
+
      - name: Install Docker Compose
        run: |
          sudo curl -SL "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.39.4/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
          cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
@@ -292,6 +379,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Pip requirements
        run: |
          pip install --require-hashes -r ./testing/cucumber/requirements.txt
+          pip install behave-html-formatter

      - name: Run Docker Compose Tests
        run: |
@@ -303,6 +391,34 @@ jobs:
          MAVEN_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
          MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL }}
+          DOCKER_BASE_CHANGED: ${{ needs.files-changed.outputs.docker-base }}
+
+      - name: Upload Cucumber Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: cucumber-report
+          path: testing/cucumber/report.html
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Upload Test Reports
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: docker-compose-test-reports
+          path: testing/reports/
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cucumber Test Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: dorny/test-reporter@b082adf0eced0765477756c2a610396589b8c637 # v2.5.0
+        with:
+          name: Cucumber Tests
+          path: testing/cucumber/junit/*.xml
+          reporter: java-junit
+          fail-on-error: false

  test-build-docker-images:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true'
@@ -314,19 +430,33 @@ jobs:
        include:
          - docker-rev: docker/embedded/Dockerfile
            artifact-suffix: Dockerfile
+            cache-scope: stirling-pdf-latest
          - docker-rev: docker/embedded/Dockerfile.ultra-lite
            artifact-suffix: Dockerfile.ultra-lite
+            cache-scope: stirling-pdf-ultra-lite
          - docker-rev: docker/embedded/Dockerfile.fat
            artifact-suffix: Dockerfile.fat
+            cache-scope: stirling-pdf-fat
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Convert repository owner to lowercase
+        id: repoowner
+        run: echo "lowercase=$(echo ${{ github.repository_owner }} | awk '{print tolower($0)}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
      - name: Free disk space on runner
        run: |
          echo "Disk space before cleanup:" && df -h
@@ -334,16 +464,26 @@ jobs:
          docker system prune -af || true
          echo "Disk space after cleanup:" && df -h

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-25-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true

      - name: Build application
        run: ./gradlew build
@@ -355,12 +495,28 @@ jobs:
          STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI: false

      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0

+      - name: Build base image locally (PR base change only)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.files-changed.outputs.docker-base == 'true'
+        run: |
+          docker build -t stirling-pdf-base:pr-test -f docker/base/Dockerfile docker/base
+
+      - name: Set base image and platform for this build
+        id: build-params
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ] && [ "${{ needs.files-changed.outputs.docker-base }}" == "true" ]; then
+            echo "base_image=stirling-pdf-base:pr-test" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "platforms=linux/amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "base_image=stirlingtools/stirling-pdf-base:latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "platforms=linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
      - name: Build ${{ matrix.docker-rev }}
        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
        with:
@@ -368,15 +524,17 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./${{ matrix.docker-rev }}
          push: false
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.artifact-suffix }}
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.artifact-suffix }}
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.cache-scope }}
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.cache-scope }}
+          platforms: ${{ steps.build-params.outputs.platforms }}
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ steps.build-params.outputs.base_image }}
          provenance: true
          sbom: true

      - name: Upload Reports
        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: reports-docker-${{ matrix.artifact-suffix }}
          path: |
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write # Allow writing to pull requests
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
            core.exportVariable("REFERENCE_FILE", referenceFilePath);

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Clear GitHub Actions Cache
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - clear-github-cache
+
+jobs:
+  clear-cache:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Clear all caches
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const caches = await github.rest.actions.getActionsCacheList({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              per_page: 100,
+            });
+
+            let deleted = 0;
+            for (const cache of caches.data.actions_caches) {
+              console.log(`Deleting cache: ${cache.key} (${cache.id})`);
+              await github.rest.actions.deleteActionsCacheById({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                cache_id: cache.id,
+              });
+              deleted++;
+            }
+
+            // Handle pagination if more than 100 caches
+            let totalCount = caches.data.total_count;
+            while (deleted < totalCount) {
+              const moreCaches = await github.rest.actions.getActionsCacheList({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                per_page: 100,
+              });
+              if (moreCaches.data.actions_caches.length === 0) break;
+              for (const cache of moreCaches.data.actions_caches) {
+                console.log(`Deleting cache: ${cache.key} (${cache.id})`);
+                await github.rest.actions.deleteActionsCacheById({
+                  owner: context.repo.owner,
+                  repo: context.repo.repo,
+                  cache_id: cache.id,
+                });
+                deleted++;
+              }
+            }
+
+            console.log(`Successfully deleted ${deleted} caches.`);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/frontend/Dockerfile
          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-v2-frontend
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-v2-frontend
          tags: |
            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:v2-frontend-${{ steps.commit-hashes.outputs.frontend_short }}
            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:v2-frontend-latest
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/backend/Dockerfile
          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-v2-backend
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-v2-backend
          tags: |
            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:v2-backend-${{ steps.commit-hashes.outputs.backend_short }}
            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:v2-backend-latest
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
      licenses-backend: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.licenses-backend }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - name: Check for file changes
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
        id: changes
        with:
          filters: .github/config/.files.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
      repository-projects: write # Required for enabling automerge
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: "22"
          cache: "npm"
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
      repository-projects: write # Required for enabling automerge
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -330,21 +330,26 @@ jobs:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Check licenses and generate report
        id: license-check
        run: |
-          ./gradlew checkLicense generateLicenseReport || echo "LICENSE_CHECK_FAILED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # NOTE: --no-parallel is intentional here. Running the license-checking tasks in parallel has
+          # previously caused intermittent concurrency issues in CI (e.g. flaky failures in the license
+          # plugin/Gradle when multiple projects are evaluated concurrently). Disabling parallelism trades
+          # some build speed for more reliable license reports. If the underlying issues are resolved in
+          # future Gradle or plugin versions, this flag can be reconsidered.
+          ./gradlew checkLicense generateLicenseReport --no-parallel || echo "LICENSE_CHECK_FAILED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        env:
          MAVEN_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Upload artifact on license issues
        if: env.LICENSE_WARNINGS_EXIST == 'true'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: backend-dependencies-without-allowed-license.json
          path: build/reports/dependency-license/dependencies-without-allowed-license.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
      issues: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - name: Run Labeler
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@24d110aa46a59976b8a7f35518cb7f14f434c916 # v5.3.0
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@548a7c3603594ec17c819e1239f281a3b801ab4d # v6.0.0
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          yaml-file: .github/labels.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ on:
          - windows
          - macos
          - linux
-  push:
-    branches: [main, V2-master]
  release:
    types: [created]

@@ -38,22 +36,32 @@ jobs:
      version: ${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+          key: gradle-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            gradle-${{ runner.os }}-
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Get version number
        id: versionNumber
@@ -111,26 +119,26 @@ jobs:
            file_suffix: "-server"
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Setup Node.js
        if: matrix.variant.build_frontend == true
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: "npm"
@@ -154,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
          cp app/core/build/libs/stirling-pdf-${{ needs.determine-matrix.outputs.version }}.jar ./jar-dist/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.variant.file_suffix }}.jar

      - name: Upload JAR artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: jar${{ matrix.variant.file_suffix }}
          path: ./jar-dist/*.jar
@@ -171,9 +179,12 @@ jobs:
      WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit
+          allowed-endpoints: >
+            one.digicert.com:443
+            clientauth.one.digicert.com:443

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev libsoup2.4-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev libsoup-3.0-dev

      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: "npm"
@@ -197,16 +208,16 @@ jobs:
          toolchain: stable
          targets: ${{ (matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel') && 'aarch64-apple-darwin,x86_64-apple-darwin' || '' }}

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Build Java backend with JLink
        working-directory: ./
@@ -291,7 +302,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup DigiCert KeyLocker
        id: digicert-setup
        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' && env.SM_API_KEY != '' && (github.event_name == 'release' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/V2-master') }}
-        uses: digicert/ssm-code-signing@af7f4b07694120e514fe5b19f0598af3c20256e3 # v1.2.0
+        uses: digicert/ssm-code-signing@1d820463733701cf1484c7eb5d7d24a15ca2c454 # v1.2.1
        env:
          SM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SM_API_KEY }}
          SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE_B64: ${{ secrets.SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE_B64 }}
@@ -411,8 +422,9 @@ jobs:
          APPIMAGETOOL_SIGN_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.APPIMAGETOOL_SIGN_PASSPHRASE }}
          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-          VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY }}
-          VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL }}
+          VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY || 'sb_publishable_UHz2SVRF5mvdrPHWkRteyA_yNlZTkYb' }}
+          VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL || 'https://app.stirlingpdf.com' }}
+          VITE_SAAS_BACKEND_API_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_BACKEND_API_URL || 'https://api.stirlingpdf.com' }}
          # Only enable Windows signing in Tauri when on release or V2-master
          SIGN: ${{ (github.event_name == 'release' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/V2-master') && (env.SM_API_KEY == '' && env.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE != '') && '1' || '0' }}
          CI: true
@@ -533,7 +545,7 @@ jobs:
          fi

      - name: Upload build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}
          path: ./dist/*
@@ -547,30 +559,30 @@ jobs:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Download all Tauri artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
        with:
          pattern: Stirling-PDF-*
          path: ./artifacts/tauri

      - name: Download JAR artifact (default)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
        with:
          name: jar
          path: ./artifacts/jars

      - name: Download JAR artifact (with login)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
        with:
          name: jar-with-login
          path: ./artifacts/jars

      - name: Download JAR artifact (server only)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
        with:
          name: jar-server
          path: ./artifacts/jars
@@ -579,7 +591,7 @@ jobs:
        run: ls -R ./artifacts

      - name: Upload binaries to Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a06a81a03ee405af7f2048a818ed3f03bbf83c7b # v2.5.0
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # v2.6.1
        with:
          tag_name: v${{ needs.determine-matrix.outputs.version }}
          generate_release_notes: true
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Nightly E2E Tests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 2 * * *" # 2 AM UTC every night
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  playwright-all-browsers:
+    name: Playwright (chromium + firefox + webkit)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
+        with:
+          node-version: "22"
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        run: cd frontend && npm ci
+
+      - name: Generate icons
+        run: cd frontend && node scripts/generate-icons.js
+
+      - name: Install all Playwright browsers
+        run: cd frontend && npx playwright install --with-deps
+
+      - name: Run E2E tests (all browsers)
+        run: cd frontend && npx playwright test
+
+      - name: Upload Playwright report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: playwright-nightly-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: frontend/playwright-report/
+          retention-days: 14
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: 3.12
          cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ jobs:
          pre-commit run trailing-whitespace --all-files -c .pre-commit-config.yaml
        continue-on-error: true

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Build with Gradle
        run: ./gradlew build
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+name: Push Docker Base Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - baseDockerImage
+      - accessIssueFix
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Base image version (e.g., 1.0.0, 1.0.1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  push-base:
+    if: ${{ vars.CI_PROFILE != 'lite' && github.actor == 'Frooodle' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-8core
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify authorized user
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.actor }}" != "Frooodle" ]; then
+            echo "Error: Only Frooodle is authorized to run this workflow"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Set version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          elif [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" == "accessIssueFix" ]; then
+            VERSION="1.0.3"
+          else
+            VERSION="1.0.0"
+          fi
+          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_API }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+
+      - name: Convert repository owner to lowercase
+        id: repoowner
+        run: echo "lowercase=$(echo ${{ github.repository_owner }} | awk '{print tolower($0)}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Generate tags for base image
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME }}/stirling-pdf-base
+            ghcr.io/${{ steps.repoowner.outputs.lowercase }}/stirling-pdf-base
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Build and push base image
+        id: build-push-base
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 # v6.18.0
+        with:
+          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+          context: docker/base
+          file: ./docker/base/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-base
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-base
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
+          provenance: true
+          sbom: true
+
+      - name: Install cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        with:
+          cosign-release: "v2.4.1"
+
+      - name: Sign base images
+        env:
+          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build-push-base.outputs.digest }}
+          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "$TAGS" | tr ',' '\n' | while read -r tag; do
+              cosign sign --yes \
+                --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY \
+                "${tag}@${DIGEST}"
+            done
+          else
+            echo "Warning: COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY not set, skipping image signing"
+          fi
@@ -33,22 +33,32 @@ jobs:
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

+      - name: Cache Gradle dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+          key: gradle-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            gradle-${{ runner.os }}-
+
      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
@@ -64,13 +74,13 @@ jobs:

      - name: Install cosign
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/V2-master'
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@ba7bc0a3fef59531c69a25acd34668d6d3fe6f22 # v4.1.0
        with:
          cosign-release: "v2.4.1"

      - name: Install cosign
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/V2-master'
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@ba7bc0a3fef59531c69a25acd34668d6d3fe6f22 # v4.1.0
        with:
          cosign-release: "v2.4.1"

@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
          password: ${{ github.token }}

      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0

      - name: Convert repository owner to lowercase
        id: repoowner
@@ -96,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Generate tags for latest
        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@c299e40c65443455700f0fdfc63efafe5b349051 # v5.10.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
        with:
          images: |
            ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/s-pdf
@@ -116,11 +126,13 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile
          push: true
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
+            BASE_VERSION=1.0.0
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
          provenance: true
          sbom: true
@@ -141,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Generate tags for latest-fat
        id: meta-fat
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@c299e40c65443455700f0fdfc63efafe5b349051 # v5.10.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/testMain'
        with:
          images: |
@@ -162,8 +174,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile.fat
          push: true
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-fat
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-fat
          tags: ${{ steps.meta-fat.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta-fat.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
@@ -185,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Generate tags for ultra-lite
        id: meta-lite
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@c299e40c65443455700f0fdfc63efafe5b349051 # v5.10.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@030e881283bb7a6894de51c315a6bfe6a94e05cf # v6.0.0
        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/testMain'
        with:
          images: |
@@ -206,8 +218,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile.ultra-lite
          push: true
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-ultra-lite
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-ultra-lite
          tags: ${{ steps.meta-lite.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta-lite.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+name: Rollback Latest Tags to Version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version to rollback to (e.g. 2.8.0)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  rollback:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Install crane
+        uses: imjasonh/setup-crane@31b88afe9de28ae0ffa220711af4b60be9435f6e # v0.4
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_API }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - name: Convert repository owner to lowercase
+        id: repoowner
+        run: echo "lowercase=$(echo ${{ github.repository_owner }} | awk '{print tolower($0)}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Rollback all latest tags to v${{ inputs.version }}
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME }}
+          REPO_OWNER: ${{ steps.repoowner.outputs.lowercase }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          IMAGES=(
+            "${DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME}/s-pdf"
+            "ghcr.io/${REPO_OWNER}/s-pdf"
+            "ghcr.io/${REPO_OWNER}/stirling-pdf"
+            "${DOCKER_HUB_ORG_USERNAME}/stirling-pdf"
+          )
+
+          VARIANTS=(
+            "${VERSION}:latest"
+            "${VERSION}-fat:latest-fat"
+            "${VERSION}-ultra-lite:latest-ultra-lite"
+          )
+
+          FAILED=0
+
+          for image in "${IMAGES[@]}"; do
+            for variant in "${VARIANTS[@]}"; do
+              SOURCE_TAG="${variant%%:*}"
+              TARGET_TAG="${variant##*:}"
+
+              echo "::group::${image} — ${SOURCE_TAG} → ${TARGET_TAG}"
+
+              if crane manifest "${image}:${SOURCE_TAG}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                crane cp "${image}:${SOURCE_TAG}" "${image}:${TARGET_TAG}"
+                echo "✅ ${image}:${TARGET_TAG} now points to ${SOURCE_TAG}"
+              else
+                echo "::warning::⚠️ ${image}:${SOURCE_TAG} not found, skipping"
+                FAILED=1
+              fi
+
+              echo "::endgroup::"
+            done
+          done
+
+          if [ "$FAILED" -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "::warning::Some source tags were not found. This is expected if not all variants exist for this version."
+          fi
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "🎉 Rollback to ${VERSION} complete!"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
      # format to the repository Actions tab.
      - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ jobs:

      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@cdefb33c0f6224e58673d9004f47f7cb3e328b89 # v3.29.5
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@0d579ffd059c29b07949a3cce3983f0780820c98 # v3.29.5
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -27,22 +27,22 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Generate Swagger documentation
        run: ./gradlew :stirling-pdf:generateOpenApiDocs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
          private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
          cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ on:
          - macos
          - linux
  pull_request:
-    branches: [main, V2-tauri-windows]
+    branches: [main]
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review]
    paths:
      - "frontend/src-tauri/**"
      - "frontend/src/desktop/**"
      - "frontend/tsconfig.desktop.json"
+      - "frontend/package.json"
+      - "frontend/package-lock.json"
+      - "frontend/vite.config.ts"
      - ".github/workflows/tauri-build.yml"
-  push:
-    branches: [main]

 permissions:
  contents: read
@@ -35,33 +37,48 @@ jobs:
      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Determine build matrix
        id: set-matrix
+        env:
+          APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
        run: |
+          WINDOWS='{"platform":"windows-latest","args":"--target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc","name":"windows-x86_64"}'
+          MACOS_ARM='{"platform":"macos-15","args":"--target aarch64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-aarch64"}'
+          MACOS_INTEL='{"platform":"macos-15-intel","args":"--target x86_64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-x86_64"}'
+          LINUX='{"platform":"ubuntu-22.04","args":"","name":"linux-x86_64"}'
+
+          # Resolve requested platform (non-dispatch events always build all)
          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-            case "${{ github.event.inputs.platform }}" in
-              "windows")
-                echo 'matrix={"include":[{"platform":"windows-latest","args":"--target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc","name":"windows-x86_64"}]}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                ;;
-              "macos")
-                echo 'matrix={"include":[{"platform":"macos-15","args":"--target aarch64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-aarch64"},{"platform":"macos-15-intel","args":"--target x86_64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-x86_64"}]}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                ;;
-              "linux")
-                echo 'matrix={"include":[{"platform":"ubuntu-22.04","args":"","name":"linux-x86_64"}]}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                ;;
-              *)
-                echo 'matrix={"include":[{"platform":"windows-latest","args":"--target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc","name":"windows-x86_64"},{"platform":"macos-15","args":"--target aarch64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-aarch64"},{"platform":"macos-15-intel","args":"--target x86_64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-x86_64"},{"platform":"ubuntu-22.04","args":"","name":"linux-x86_64"}]}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                ;;
-            esac
+            PLATFORM="${{ github.event.inputs.platform }}"
          else
-            # For PR/push events, build all platforms
-            echo 'matrix={"include":[{"platform":"windows-latest","args":"--target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc","name":"windows-x86_64"},{"platform":"macos-15","args":"--target aarch64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-aarch64"},{"platform":"macos-15-intel","args":"--target x86_64-apple-darwin","name":"macos-x86_64"},{"platform":"ubuntu-22.04","args":"","name":"linux-x86_64"}]}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            PLATFORM="all"
          fi

+          # Build candidate list
+          case "$PLATFORM" in
+            windows) ENTRIES=("$WINDOWS") ;;
+            macos)   ENTRIES=("$MACOS_ARM" "$MACOS_INTEL") ;;
+            linux)   ENTRIES=("$LINUX") ;;
+            *)       ENTRIES=("$WINDOWS" "$MACOS_ARM" "$MACOS_INTEL" "$LINUX") ;;
+          esac
+
+          # Drop macOS entries when Apple certificate secret is unavailable
+          if [ -z "$APPLE_CERTIFICATE" ]; then
+            echo "⚠️ APPLE_CERTIFICATE secret not available - skipping macOS builds"
+            FILTERED=()
+            for entry in "${ENTRIES[@]}"; do
+              [[ "$entry" != *'"macos'* ]] && FILTERED+=("$entry")
+            done
+            ENTRIES=("${FILTERED[@]}")
+          fi
+
+          JOINED=$(IFS=','; echo "${ENTRIES[*]}")
+          echo "matrix={\"include\":[$JOINED]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
  build:
    needs: determine-matrix
    strategy:
@@ -71,9 +88,10 @@ jobs:
    env:
      SM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SM_API_KEY }}
      WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE }}
+      APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -87,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev libsoup2.4-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev libsoup-3.0-dev

      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: "npm"
@@ -99,16 +117,16 @@ jobs:
          toolchain: stable
          targets: ${{ (matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel') && 'aarch64-apple-darwin,x86_64-apple-darwin' || '' }}

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Build Java backend with JLink
        working-directory: ./
@@ -194,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup DigiCert KeyLocker
        id: digicert-setup
        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' && env.SM_API_KEY != '' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-        uses: digicert/ssm-code-signing@af7f4b07694120e514fe5b19f0598af3c20256e3 # v1.2.0
+        uses: digicert/ssm-code-signing@1d820463733701cf1484c7eb5d7d24a15ca2c454 # v1.2.1
        env:
          SM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SM_API_KEY }}
          SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE_B64: ${{ secrets.SM_CLIENT_CERT_FILE_B64 }}
@@ -269,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
          }

      - name: Import Apple Developer Certificate
-        if: matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel'
+        if: (matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel') && env.APPLE_CERTIFICATE != ''
        env:
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
          APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
@@ -290,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
          rm certificate.p12

      - name: Verify Certificate
-        if: matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel'
+        if: (matrix.platform == 'macos-15' || matrix.platform == 'macos-15-intel') && env.APPLE_CERTIFICATE != ''
        run: |
          echo "Verifying Apple Developer Certificate..."
          KEYCHAIN_PATH=$RUNNER_TEMP/app-signing.keychain-db
@@ -325,8 +343,9 @@ jobs:
          APPIMAGETOOL_SIGN_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.APPIMAGETOOL_SIGN_PASSPHRASE }}
          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
-          VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY }}
-          VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL }}
+          VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY || 'sb_publishable_UHz2SVRF5mvdrPHWkRteyA_yNlZTkYb' }}
+          VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_SERVER_URL || 'https://app.stirlingpdf.com' }}
+          VITE_SAAS_BACKEND_API_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_SAAS_BACKEND_API_URL || 'https://api.stirlingpdf.com' }}
          # Only enable Windows signing in Tauri when on main
          SIGN: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && (env.SM_API_KEY == '' && env.WINDOWS_CERTIFICATE != '') && '1' || '0' }}
          CI: true
@@ -587,7 +606,7 @@ jobs:
          }

      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}
          path: ./dist/*
@@ -648,7 +667,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -740,7 +759,7 @@ jobs:
    if: always()
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
        with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
          distribution: "temurin"

      - name: Setup Gradle
        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1

      - name: Build with Gradle
        run: ./gradlew build
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/embedded/Dockerfile
          push: true
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=stirling-pdf-latest
          tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:test-${{ github.sha }}
          build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
          platforms: linux/amd64
@@ -129,14 +131,14 @@ jobs:
      frontend: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.frontend }}
    steps:
      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - name: Check for file changes
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@fbd0ab8f3e69293af611ebaee6363fc25e6d187d # v4.0.1
        id: changes
        with:
          filters: ".github/config/.files.yaml"
@@ -148,14 +150,14 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          cache: "npm"
          cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@58077d3c7e43986b6b15fba718e8ea69e387dfcc # v2.15.1
        with:
          egress-policy: audit

@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ clientWebUI/
 exampleYmlFiles/stirling/
 /stirling/
 /testing/file_snapshots
+/testing/cucumber/junit/
+/testing/cucumber/report.html
+/testing/.failed_tests
 SwaggerDoc.json

+# Runtime storage for uploaded files and user data (not Java source code)
+app/core/storage/
+
 # Frontend build artifacts copied to backend static resources
 # These are generated by npm build and should not be committed
 app/core/src/main/resources/static/assets/
@@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ __pycache__/

 # Virtual environments
 .env*
+!.env*.example
 .venv*
 env*/
 venv*/
@@ -196,6 +203,9 @@ out/
 *.jks
 *.asc

+# Allow test fixture certificates (synthetic, no real credentials)
+!frontend/src/core/tests/test-fixtures/certs/**
+
 # SSH Keys
 *.pub
 *.priv
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+# AGENTS.md
+
+This file provides guidance to AI Agents when working with code in this repository.
+
+## Common Development Commands
+
+### Build and Test
+- **Build project**: `./gradlew clean build`
+- **Run locally**: `./gradlew bootRun`
+- **Full test suite**: `./test.sh` (builds all Docker variants and runs comprehensive tests)
+- **Code formatting**: `./gradlew spotlessApply` (runs automatically before compilation)
+
+### Docker Development
+- **Build ultra-lite**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-ultra-lite -f ./Dockerfile.ultra-lite .`
+- **Build standard**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest -f ./Dockerfile .`
+- **Build fat version**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat -f ./Dockerfile.fat .`
+- **Example compose files**: Located in `exampleYmlFiles/` directory
+
+### Security Mode Development
+Set `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true` environment variable to enable security features during development. This is required for testing the full version locally.
+
+### Python Development
+Development for the AI engine happens in the `engine/` folder. The frontend calls the Python via Java as a proxy.
+
+- Follow the engine-specific guidance in [engine/AGENTS.md](engine/AGENTS.md) for Python architecture, code style, and AI usage.
+- Use Makefile commands for Python work:
+  - From `engine/`: `make check` to lint, type-check, test, etc. and `make fix` to fix easily fixable linting and formatting issues.
+- The project structure is defined in `engine/pyproject.toml`. Any new dependencies should be listed there, followed by running `make install`.
+
+### Frontend Development
+- **Frontend dev server**: `cd frontend && npm run dev` (requires backend on localhost:8080)
+- **Tech Stack**: Vite + React + TypeScript + Mantine UI + TailwindCSS
+- **Proxy Configuration**: Vite proxies `/api/*` calls to backend (localhost:8080)
+- **Build Process**: DO NOT run build scripts manually - builds are handled by CI/CD pipelines
+- **Package Installation**: DO NOT run npm install commands - package management handled separately
+- **Deployment Options**:
+  - **Desktop App**: `npm run tauri-build` (native desktop application)
+  - **Web Server**: `npm run build` then serve dist/ folder
+  - **Development**: `npm run tauri-dev` for desktop dev mode
+
+#### Environment Variables
+- All `VITE_*` variables must be declared in the appropriate example file:
+  - `frontend/config/.env.example` — core, proprietary, and shared vars
+  - `frontend/config/.env.saas.example` — SaaS-only vars
+  - `frontend/config/.env.desktop.example` — desktop (Tauri)-only vars
+- Never use `|| 'hardcoded-fallback'` inline — put defaults in the example files
+- `npm run prep` / `prep:saas` / `prep:desktop` auto-create the env files from examples on first run, and error if any required keys are missing
+- These prep scripts run automatically at the start of all `dev*`, `build*`, and `tauri*` commands
+- See `frontend/README.md#environment-variables` for full documentation
+
+#### Import Paths - CRITICAL
+**ALWAYS use `@app/*` for imports.** Do not use `@core/*` or `@proprietary/*` unless explicitly wrapping/extending a lower layer implementation.
+
+For a broader explanation of the frontend layering and override architecture, see [frontend/DeveloperGuide.md](frontend/DeveloperGuide.md).
+
+```typescript
+// ✅ CORRECT - Use @app/* for all imports
+import { AppLayout } from "@app/components/AppLayout";
+import { useFileContext } from "@app/contexts/FileContext";
+import { FileContext } from "@app/contexts/FileContext";
+
+// ❌ WRONG - Do not use @core/* or @proprietary/* in normal code
+import { AppLayout } from "@core/components/AppLayout";
+import { useFileContext } from "@proprietary/contexts/FileContext";
+```
+
+**Only use explicit aliases when:**
+- Building layer-specific override that wraps a lower layer's component
+- Example: `import { AppProviders as CoreAppProviders } from "@core/components/AppProviders"` when creating proprietary/AppProviders.tsx that extends the core version
+
+The `@app/*` alias automatically resolves to the correct layer based on build target (core/proprietary/desktop) and handles the fallback cascade.
+
+#### Component Override Pattern (Stub/Shadow)
+Use this pattern for desktop-specific or proprietary-specific features WITHOUT runtime checks or conditionals.
+
+**How it works:**
+1. Core defines stub component (returns null or no-op)
+2. Desktop/proprietary overrides with same path/name
+3. Core imports via `@app/*` - higher layer "shadows" core in those builds
+4. No `@ts-ignore`, no `isTauri()` checks, no runtime conditionals!
+
+**Example - Desktop-specific footer:**
+
+```typescript
+// core/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions.tsx (stub)
+interface RightRailFooterExtensionsProps {
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export function RightRailFooterExtensions(_props: RightRailFooterExtensionsProps) {
+  return null; // Stub - does nothing in web builds
+}
+```
+
+```tsx
+// desktop/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions.tsx (real implementation)
+import { Box } from '@mantine/core';
+import { BackendHealthIndicator } from '@app/components/BackendHealthIndicator';
+
+interface RightRailFooterExtensionsProps {
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export function RightRailFooterExtensions({ className }: RightRailFooterExtensionsProps) {
+  return (
+    <Box className={className}>
+      <BackendHealthIndicator />
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+```tsx
+// core/components/shared/RightRail.tsx (usage - works in ALL builds)
+import { RightRailFooterExtensions } from '@app/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions';
+
+export function RightRail() {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      {/* In web builds: renders nothing (stub returns null) */}
+      {/* In desktop builds: renders BackendHealthIndicator */}
+      <RightRailFooterExtensions className="right-rail-footer" />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+**Build resolution:**
+- **Core build**: `@app/*` → `core/*` → Gets stub (returns null)
+- **Desktop build**: `@app/*` → `desktop/*` → Gets real implementation (shadows core)
+
+**Benefits:**
+- No runtime checks or feature flags
+- Type-safe across all builds
+- Clean, readable code
+- Build-time optimization (dead code elimination)
+
+#### Multi-Tool Workflow Architecture
+Frontend designed for **stateful document processing**:
+- Users upload PDFs once, then chain tools (split → merge → compress → view)
+- File state and processing results persist across tool switches
+- No file reloading between tools - performance critical for large PDFs (up to 100GB+)
+
+#### FileContext - Central State Management
+**Location**: `frontend/src/core/contexts/FileContext.tsx`
+- **Active files**: Currently loaded PDFs and their variants
+- **Tool navigation**: Current mode (viewer/pageEditor/fileEditor/toolName)
+- **Memory management**: PDF document cleanup, blob URL lifecycle, Web Worker management
+- **IndexedDB persistence**: File storage with thumbnail caching
+- **Preview system**: Tools can preview results (e.g., Split → Viewer → back to Split) without context pollution
+
+**Critical**: All file operations go through FileContext. Don't bypass with direct file handling.
+
+#### Processing Services
+- **enhancedPDFProcessingService**: Background PDF parsing and manipulation
+- **thumbnailGenerationService**: Web Worker-based with main-thread fallback
+- **fileStorage**: IndexedDB with LRU cache management
+
+#### Memory Management Strategy
+**Why manual cleanup exists**: Large PDFs (up to 100GB+) through multiple tools accumulate:
+- PDF.js documents that need explicit .destroy() calls
+- Blob URLs from tool outputs that need revocation
+- Web Workers that need termination
+Without cleanup: browser crashes with memory leaks.
+
+#### Tool Development
+
+**Architecture**: Modular hook-based system with clear separation of concerns:
+
+- **useToolOperation** (`frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/shared/useToolOperation.ts`): Main orchestrator hook
+  - Coordinates all tool operations with consistent interface
+  - Integrates with FileContext for operation tracking
+  - Handles validation, error handling, and UI state management
+
+- **Supporting Hooks**:
+  - **useToolState**: UI state management (loading, progress, error, files)
+  - **useToolApiCalls**: HTTP requests and file processing
+  - **useToolResources**: Blob URLs, thumbnails, ZIP downloads
+
+- **Utilities**:
+  - **toolErrorHandler**: Standardized error extraction and i18n support
+  - **toolResponseProcessor**: API response handling (single/zip/custom)
+  - **toolOperationTracker**: FileContext integration utilities
+
+**Three Tool Patterns**:
+
+**Pattern 1: Single-File Tools** (Individual processing)
+- Backend processes one file per API call
+- Set `multiFileEndpoint: false`
+- Examples: Compress, Rotate
+```typescript
+return useToolOperation({
+  operationType: 'compress',
+  endpoint: '/api/v1/misc/compress-pdf',
+  buildFormData: (params, file: File) => { /* single file */ },
+  multiFileEndpoint: false,
+});
+```
+
+**Pattern 2: Multi-File Tools** (Batch processing)
+- Backend accepts `MultipartFile[]` arrays in single API call
+- Set `multiFileEndpoint: true`
+- Examples: Split, Merge, Overlay
+```typescript
+return useToolOperation({
+  operationType: 'split',
+  endpoint: '/api/v1/general/split-pages',
+  buildFormData: (params, files: File[]) => { /* all files */ },
+  multiFileEndpoint: true,
+  filePrefix: 'split_',
+});
+```
+
+**Pattern 3: Complex Tools** (Custom processing)
+- Tools with complex routing logic or non-standard processing
+- Provide `customProcessor` for full control
+- Examples: Convert, OCR
+```typescript
+return useToolOperation({
+  operationType: 'convert',
+  customProcessor: async (params, files) => { /* custom logic */ },
+});
+```
+
+**Benefits**:
+- **No Timeouts**: Operations run until completion (supports 100GB+ files)
+- **Consistent**: All tools follow same pattern and interface
+- **Maintainable**: Single responsibility hooks, easy to test and modify
+- **i18n Ready**: Built-in internationalization support
+- **Type Safe**: Full TypeScript support with generic interfaces
+- **Memory Safe**: Automatic resource cleanup and blob URL management
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+### Project Structure
+- **Backend**: Spring Boot application
+- **Frontend**: React-based SPA in `/frontend` directory
+  - **File Storage**: IndexedDB for client-side file persistence and thumbnails
+  - **Internationalization**: JSON-based translations (converted from backend .properties)
+- **PDF Processing**: PDFBox for core PDF operations, LibreOffice for conversions, PDF.js for client-side rendering
+- **Security**: Spring Security with optional authentication (controlled by `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY`)
+- **Configuration**: YAML-based configuration with environment variable overrides
+
+### Controller Architecture
+- **API Controllers** (`src/main/java/.../controller/api/`): REST endpoints for PDF operations
+  - Organized by function: converters, security, misc, pipeline
+  - Follow pattern: `@RestController` + `@RequestMapping("/api/v1/...")`
+
+### Key Components
+- **SPDFApplication.java**: Main application class with desktop UI and browser launching logic
+- **ConfigInitializer**: Handles runtime configuration and settings files
+- **Pipeline System**: Automated PDF processing workflows via `PipelineController`
+- **Security Layer**: Authentication, authorization, and user management (when enabled)
+
+### Frontend Directory Structure
+The frontend is organized with a clear separation of concerns:
+
+- **`frontend/src/core/`**: Main application code (shared, production-ready components)
+  - **`core/components/`**: React components organized by feature
+    - `core/components/tools/`: Individual PDF tool implementations
+    - `core/components/viewer/`: PDF viewer components
+    - `core/components/pageEditor/`: Page manipulation UI
+    - `core/components/tooltips/`: Help tooltips for tools
+    - `core/components/shared/`: Reusable UI components
+  - **`core/contexts/`**: React Context providers
+    - `FileContext.tsx`: Central file state management
+    - `file/`: File reducer and selectors
+    - `toolWorkflow/`: Tool workflow state
+  - **`core/hooks/`**: Custom React hooks
+    - `hooks/tools/`: Tool-specific operation hooks (one directory per tool)
+    - `hooks/tools/shared/`: Shared hook utilities (useToolOperation, etc.)
+  - **`core/constants/`**: Application constants and configuration
+  - **`core/data/`**: Static data (tool taxonomy, etc.)
+  - **`core/services/`**: Business logic services (PDF processing, storage, etc.)
+
+- **`frontend/src/desktop/`**: Desktop-specific (Tauri) code
+- **`frontend/src/proprietary/`**: Proprietary/licensed features
+- **`frontend/src-tauri/`**: Tauri (Rust) native desktop application code
+- **`frontend/public/`**: Static assets served directly
+  - `public/locales/`: Translation JSON files
+
+### Component Architecture
+- **Static Assets**: CSS, JS, and resources in `src/main/resources/static/` (legacy) + `frontend/public/` (modern)
+- **Internationalization**:
+  - Backend: `messages_*.properties` files
+  - Frontend: JSON files in `frontend/public/locales/` (converted from .properties)
+  - Conversion Script: `scripts/convert_properties_to_json.py`
+
+### Configuration Modes
+- **Ultra-lite**: Basic PDF operations only
+- **Standard**: Full feature set
+- **Fat**: Pre-downloaded dependencies for air-gapped environments
+- **Security Mode**: Adds authentication, user management, and enterprise features
+
+### Testing Strategy
+- **Integration Tests**: Cucumber tests in `testing/cucumber/`
+- **Docker Testing**: `test.sh` validates all Docker variants
+- **Manual Testing**: No unit tests currently - relies on UI and API testing
+
+## Development Workflow
+
+1. **Local Development**:
+   - Backend: `./gradlew bootRun` (runs on localhost:8080)
+   - Frontend: `cd frontend && npm run dev` (runs on localhost:5173, proxies to backend)
+2. **Docker Testing**: Use `./test.sh` before submitting PRs
+3. **Code Style**: Spotless enforces Google Java Format automatically
+4. **Translations**:
+   - Backend: Use helper scripts in `/scripts` for multi-language updates
+   - Frontend: Update JSON files in `frontend/public/locales/` or use conversion script
+5. **Documentation**: API docs auto-generated and available at `/swagger-ui/index.html`
+
+## Frontend Architecture Status
+
+- **Core Status**: React SPA architecture complete with multi-tool workflow support
+- **State Management**: FileContext handles all file operations and tool navigation
+- **File Processing**: Production-ready with memory management for large PDF workflows (up to 100GB+)
+- **Tool Integration**: Modular hook architecture with `useToolOperation` orchestrator
+  - Individual hooks: `useToolState`, `useToolApiCalls`, `useToolResources`
+  - Utilities: `toolErrorHandler`, `toolResponseProcessor`, `toolOperationTracker`
+  - Pattern: Each tool creates focused operation hook, UI consumes state/actions
+- **Preview System**: Tool results can be previewed without polluting file context (Split tool example)
+- **Performance**: Web Worker thumbnails, IndexedDB persistence, background processing
+
+## Translation Rules
+
+- **CRITICAL**: Always update translations in `en-GB` only, never `en-US`
+- Translation files are located in `frontend/public/locales/`
+
+## Important Notes
+
+- **Java Version**: Minimum JDK 21, supports and recommends JDK 25
+- **Lombok**: Used extensively - ensure IDE plugin is installed
+- **File Persistence**:
+  - **Backend**: Designed to be stateless - files are processed in memory/temp locations only
+  - **Frontend**: Uses IndexedDB for client-side file storage and caching (with thumbnails)
+- **Security**: When `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false`, security-related classes are excluded from compilation
+- **Import Paths**: ALWAYS use `@app/*` for imports - never use `@core/*` or `@proprietary/*` unless explicitly wrapping/extending a lower layer
+- **FileContext**: All file operations MUST go through FileContext - never bypass with direct File handling
+- **Memory Management**: Manual cleanup required for PDF.js documents and blob URLs - don't remove cleanup code
+- **Tool Development**: New tools should follow `useToolOperation` hook pattern (see `useCompressOperation.ts`)
+- **Performance Target**: Must handle PDFs up to 100GB+ without browser crashes
+- **Preview System**: Tools can preview results without polluting main file context (see Split tool implementation)
+- **Adding Tools**: See `ADDING_TOOLS.md` for complete guide to creating new PDF tools
+
+## Communication Style
+- Be direct and to the point
+- No apologies or conversational filler
+- Answer questions directly without preamble
+- Explain reasoning concisely when asked
+- Avoid unnecessary elaboration
+
+## Decision Making
+- Ask clarifying questions before making assumptions
+- Stop and ask when uncertain about project-specific details
+- Confirm approach before making structural changes
+- Request guidance on preferences (cross-platform vs specific tools, etc.)
+- Verify understanding of requirements before proceeding
@@ -1,337 +0,0 @@
-# CLAUDE.md
-
-This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
-
-## Common Development Commands
-
-### Build and Test
- **Build project**: `./gradlew clean build`
- **Run locally**: `./gradlew bootRun`
- **Full test suite**: `./test.sh` (builds all Docker variants and runs comprehensive tests)
- **Code formatting**: `./gradlew spotlessApply` (runs automatically before compilation)
-
-### Docker Development
- **Build ultra-lite**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-ultra-lite -f ./Dockerfile.ultra-lite .`
- **Build standard**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest -f ./Dockerfile .`
- **Build fat version**: `docker build -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat -f ./Dockerfile.fat .`
- **Example compose files**: Located in `exampleYmlFiles/` directory
-
-### Security Mode Development
-Set `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true` environment variable to enable security features during development. This is required for testing the full version locally.
-
-### Frontend Development
- **Frontend dev server**: `cd frontend && npm run dev` (requires backend on localhost:8080)
- **Tech Stack**: Vite + React + TypeScript + Mantine UI + TailwindCSS
- **Proxy Configuration**: Vite proxies `/api/*` calls to backend (localhost:8080)
- **Build Process**: DO NOT run build scripts manually - builds are handled by CI/CD pipelines
- **Package Installation**: DO NOT run npm install commands - package management handled separately
- **Deployment Options**:
-  - **Desktop App**: `npm run tauri-build` (native desktop application)
-  - **Web Server**: `npm run build` then serve dist/ folder
-  - **Development**: `npm run tauri-dev` for desktop dev mode
-
-#### Import Paths - CRITICAL
-**ALWAYS use `@app/*` for imports.** Do not use `@core/*` or `@proprietary/*` unless explicitly wrapping/extending a lower layer implementation.
-
-```typescript
-// ✅ CORRECT - Use @app/* for all imports
-import { AppLayout } from "@app/components/AppLayout";
-import { useFileContext } from "@app/contexts/FileContext";
-import { FileContext } from "@app/contexts/FileContext";
-
-// ❌ WRONG - Do not use @core/* or @proprietary/* in normal code
-import { AppLayout } from "@core/components/AppLayout";
-import { useFileContext } from "@proprietary/contexts/FileContext";
-```
-
-**Only use explicit aliases when:**
- Building layer-specific override that wraps a lower layer's component
- Example: `import { AppProviders as CoreAppProviders } from "@core/components/AppProviders"` when creating proprietary/AppProviders.tsx that extends the core version
-
-The `@app/*` alias automatically resolves to the correct layer based on build target (core/proprietary/desktop) and handles the fallback cascade.
-
-#### Component Override Pattern (Stub/Shadow)
-Use this pattern for desktop-specific or proprietary-specific features WITHOUT runtime checks or conditionals.
-
-**How it works:**
-1. Core defines stub component (returns null or no-op)
-2. Desktop/proprietary overrides with same path/name
-3. Core imports via `@app/*` - higher layer "shadows" core in those builds
-4. No `@ts-ignore`, no `isTauri()` checks, no runtime conditionals!
-
-**Example - Desktop-specific footer:**
-
-```typescript
-// core/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions.tsx (stub)
-interface RightRailFooterExtensionsProps {
-  className?: string;
-}
-
-export function RightRailFooterExtensions(_props: RightRailFooterExtensionsProps) {
-  return null; // Stub - does nothing in web builds
-}
-```
-
-```typescript
-// desktop/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions.tsx (real implementation)
-import { Box } from '@mantine/core';
-import { BackendHealthIndicator } from '@app/components/BackendHealthIndicator';
-
-interface RightRailFooterExtensionsProps {
-  className?: string;
-}
-
-export function RightRailFooterExtensions({ className }: RightRailFooterExtensionsProps) {
-  return (
-    <Box className={className}>
-      <BackendHealthIndicator />
-    </Box>
-  );
-}
-```
-
-```typescript
-// core/components/shared/RightRail.tsx (usage - works in ALL builds)
-import { RightRailFooterExtensions } from '@app/components/rightRail/RightRailFooterExtensions';
-
-export function RightRail() {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      {/* In web builds: renders nothing (stub returns null) */}
-      {/* In desktop builds: renders BackendHealthIndicator */}
-      <RightRailFooterExtensions className="right-rail-footer" />
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-```
-
-**Build resolution:**
- **Core build**: `@app/*` → `core/*` → Gets stub (returns null)
- **Desktop build**: `@app/*` → `desktop/*` → Gets real implementation (shadows core)
-
-**Benefits:**
- No runtime checks or feature flags
- Type-safe across all builds
- Clean, readable code
- Build-time optimization (dead code elimination)
-
-#### Multi-Tool Workflow Architecture
-Frontend designed for **stateful document processing**:
- Users upload PDFs once, then chain tools (split → merge → compress → view)
- File state and processing results persist across tool switches
- No file reloading between tools - performance critical for large PDFs (up to 100GB+)
-
-#### FileContext - Central State Management
-**Location**: `frontend/src/core/contexts/FileContext.tsx`
- **Active files**: Currently loaded PDFs and their variants
- **Tool navigation**: Current mode (viewer/pageEditor/fileEditor/toolName)
- **Memory management**: PDF document cleanup, blob URL lifecycle, Web Worker management
- **IndexedDB persistence**: File storage with thumbnail caching
- **Preview system**: Tools can preview results (e.g., Split → Viewer → back to Split) without context pollution
-
-**Critical**: All file operations go through FileContext. Don't bypass with direct file handling.
-
-#### Processing Services
- **enhancedPDFProcessingService**: Background PDF parsing and manipulation
- **thumbnailGenerationService**: Web Worker-based with main-thread fallback
- **fileStorage**: IndexedDB with LRU cache management
-
-#### Memory Management Strategy
-**Why manual cleanup exists**: Large PDFs (up to 100GB+) through multiple tools accumulate:
- PDF.js documents that need explicit .destroy() calls
- Blob URLs from tool outputs that need revocation
- Web Workers that need termination
-Without cleanup: browser crashes with memory leaks.
-
-#### Tool Development
-
-**Architecture**: Modular hook-based system with clear separation of concerns:
-
- **useToolOperation** (`frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/shared/useToolOperation.ts`): Main orchestrator hook
-  - Coordinates all tool operations with consistent interface
-  - Integrates with FileContext for operation tracking
-  - Handles validation, error handling, and UI state management
-
- **Supporting Hooks**:
-  - **useToolState**: UI state management (loading, progress, error, files)
-  - **useToolApiCalls**: HTTP requests and file processing
-  - **useToolResources**: Blob URLs, thumbnails, ZIP downloads
-
- **Utilities**:
-  - **toolErrorHandler**: Standardized error extraction and i18n support
-  - **toolResponseProcessor**: API response handling (single/zip/custom)
-  - **toolOperationTracker**: FileContext integration utilities
-
-**Three Tool Patterns**:
-
-**Pattern 1: Single-File Tools** (Individual processing)
- Backend processes one file per API call
- Set `multiFileEndpoint: false`
- Examples: Compress, Rotate
-```typescript
-return useToolOperation({
-  operationType: 'compress',
-  endpoint: '/api/v1/misc/compress-pdf',
-  buildFormData: (params, file: File) => { /* single file */ },
-  multiFileEndpoint: false,
-});
-```
-
-**Pattern 2: Multi-File Tools** (Batch processing)
- Backend accepts `MultipartFile[]` arrays in single API call
- Set `multiFileEndpoint: true`
- Examples: Split, Merge, Overlay
-```typescript
-return useToolOperation({
-  operationType: 'split',
-  endpoint: '/api/v1/general/split-pages',
-  buildFormData: (params, files: File[]) => { /* all files */ },
-  multiFileEndpoint: true,
-  filePrefix: 'split_',
-});
-```
-
-**Pattern 3: Complex Tools** (Custom processing)
- Tools with complex routing logic or non-standard processing
- Provide `customProcessor` for full control
- Examples: Convert, OCR
-```typescript
-return useToolOperation({
-  operationType: 'convert',
-  customProcessor: async (params, files) => { /* custom logic */ },
-});
-```
-
-**Benefits**:
- **No Timeouts**: Operations run until completion (supports 100GB+ files)
- **Consistent**: All tools follow same pattern and interface
- **Maintainable**: Single responsibility hooks, easy to test and modify
- **i18n Ready**: Built-in internationalization support
- **Type Safe**: Full TypeScript support with generic interfaces
- **Memory Safe**: Automatic resource cleanup and blob URL management
-
-## Architecture Overview
-
-### Project Structure
- **Backend**: Spring Boot application
- **Frontend**: React-based SPA in `/frontend` directory
-  - **File Storage**: IndexedDB for client-side file persistence and thumbnails
-  - **Internationalization**: JSON-based translations (converted from backend .properties)
- **PDF Processing**: PDFBox for core PDF operations, LibreOffice for conversions, PDF.js for client-side rendering
- **Security**: Spring Security with optional authentication (controlled by `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY`)
- **Configuration**: YAML-based configuration with environment variable overrides
-
-### Controller Architecture
- **API Controllers** (`src/main/java/.../controller/api/`): REST endpoints for PDF operations
-  - Organized by function: converters, security, misc, pipeline
-  - Follow pattern: `@RestController` + `@RequestMapping("/api/v1/...")`
-
-### Key Components
- **SPDFApplication.java**: Main application class with desktop UI and browser launching logic
- **ConfigInitializer**: Handles runtime configuration and settings files
- **Pipeline System**: Automated PDF processing workflows via `PipelineController`
- **Security Layer**: Authentication, authorization, and user management (when enabled)
-
-### Frontend Directory Structure
-The frontend is organized with a clear separation of concerns:
-
- **`frontend/src/core/`**: Main application code (shared, production-ready components)
-  - **`core/components/`**: React components organized by feature
-    - `core/components/tools/`: Individual PDF tool implementations
-    - `core/components/viewer/`: PDF viewer components
-    - `core/components/pageEditor/`: Page manipulation UI
-    - `core/components/tooltips/`: Help tooltips for tools
-    - `core/components/shared/`: Reusable UI components
-  - **`core/contexts/`**: React Context providers
-    - `FileContext.tsx`: Central file state management
-    - `file/`: File reducer and selectors
-    - `toolWorkflow/`: Tool workflow state
-  - **`core/hooks/`**: Custom React hooks
-    - `hooks/tools/`: Tool-specific operation hooks (one directory per tool)
-    - `hooks/tools/shared/`: Shared hook utilities (useToolOperation, etc.)
-  - **`core/constants/`**: Application constants and configuration
-  - **`core/data/`**: Static data (tool taxonomy, etc.)
-  - **`core/services/`**: Business logic services (PDF processing, storage, etc.)
-
- **`frontend/src/desktop/`**: Desktop-specific (Tauri) code
- **`frontend/src/proprietary/`**: Proprietary/licensed features
- **`frontend/src-tauri/`**: Tauri (Rust) native desktop application code
- **`frontend/public/`**: Static assets served directly
-  - `public/locales/`: Translation JSON files
-
-### Component Architecture
- **Static Assets**: CSS, JS, and resources in `src/main/resources/static/` (legacy) + `frontend/public/` (modern)
- **Internationalization**:
-  - Backend: `messages_*.properties` files
-  - Frontend: JSON files in `frontend/public/locales/` (converted from .properties)
-  - Conversion Script: `scripts/convert_properties_to_json.py`
-
-### Configuration Modes
- **Ultra-lite**: Basic PDF operations only
- **Standard**: Full feature set
- **Fat**: Pre-downloaded dependencies for air-gapped environments
- **Security Mode**: Adds authentication, user management, and enterprise features
-
-### Testing Strategy
- **Integration Tests**: Cucumber tests in `testing/cucumber/`
- **Docker Testing**: `test.sh` validates all Docker variants
- **Manual Testing**: No unit tests currently - relies on UI and API testing
-
-## Development Workflow
-
-1. **Local Development**:
-   - Backend: `./gradlew bootRun` (runs on localhost:8080)
-   - Frontend: `cd frontend && npm run dev` (runs on localhost:5173, proxies to backend)
-2. **Docker Testing**: Use `./test.sh` before submitting PRs
-3. **Code Style**: Spotless enforces Google Java Format automatically
-4. **Translations**:
-   - Backend: Use helper scripts in `/scripts` for multi-language updates
-   - Frontend: Update JSON files in `frontend/public/locales/` or use conversion script
-5. **Documentation**: API docs auto-generated and available at `/swagger-ui/index.html`
-
-## Frontend Architecture Status
-
- **Core Status**: React SPA architecture complete with multi-tool workflow support
- **State Management**: FileContext handles all file operations and tool navigation
- **File Processing**: Production-ready with memory management for large PDF workflows (up to 100GB+)
- **Tool Integration**: Modular hook architecture with `useToolOperation` orchestrator
-  - Individual hooks: `useToolState`, `useToolApiCalls`, `useToolResources`
-  - Utilities: `toolErrorHandler`, `toolResponseProcessor`, `toolOperationTracker`
-  - Pattern: Each tool creates focused operation hook, UI consumes state/actions
- **Preview System**: Tool results can be previewed without polluting file context (Split tool example)
- **Performance**: Web Worker thumbnails, IndexedDB persistence, background processing
-
-## Translation Rules
-
- **CRITICAL**: Always update translations in `en-GB` only, never `en-US`
- Translation files are located in `frontend/public/locales/`
-
-## Important Notes
-
- **Java Version**: Minimum JDK 17, supports and recommends JDK 21
- **Lombok**: Used extensively - ensure IDE plugin is installed
- **File Persistence**:
-  - **Backend**: Designed to be stateless - files are processed in memory/temp locations only
-  - **Frontend**: Uses IndexedDB for client-side file storage and caching (with thumbnails)
- **Security**: When `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false`, security-related classes are excluded from compilation
- **Import Paths**: ALWAYS use `@app/*` for imports - never use `@core/*` or `@proprietary/*` unless explicitly wrapping/extending a lower layer
- **FileContext**: All file operations MUST go through FileContext - never bypass with direct File handling
- **Memory Management**: Manual cleanup required for PDF.js documents and blob URLs - don't remove cleanup code
- **Tool Development**: New tools should follow `useToolOperation` hook pattern (see `useCompressOperation.ts`)
- **Performance Target**: Must handle PDFs up to 100GB+ without browser crashes
- **Preview System**: Tools can preview results without polluting main file context (see Split tool implementation)
- **Adding Tools**: See `ADDING_TOOLS.md` for complete guide to creating new PDF tools
-
-## Communication Style
- Be direct and to the point
- No apologies or conversational filler
- Answer questions directly without preamble
- Explain reasoning concisely when asked
- Avoid unnecessary elaboration
-
-## Decision Making
- Ask clarifying questions before making assumptions
- Stop and ask when uncertain about project-specific details
- Confirm approach before making structural changes
- Request guidance on preferences (cross-platform vs specific tools, etc.)
- Verify understanding of requirements before proceeding
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+AGENTS.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This guide focuses on developing for Stirling 2.0, including both the React fron
 **Stirling 2.0** is built using:

 **Backend:**
- Spring Boot (Java 17+, JDK 21 recommended)
+- Spring Boot (Java 21+, JDK 25 recommended)
 - PDFBox for core PDF operations
 - LibreOffice for document conversions
 - qpdf for PDF optimization
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This guide focuses on developing for Stirling 2.0, including both the React fron

 - Docker
 - Git
- Java JDK 17 or later (JDK 21 recommended)
+- Java JDK 21 or later (JDK 25 recommended)
 - Node.js 18+ and npm (required for frontend development)
 - Gradle 7.0 or later (Included within the repo)
 - Rust and Cargo (required for Tauri desktop app development)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This guide focuses on developing for Stirling 2.0, including both the React fron
   cd Stirling-PDF
   ```

-2. Install Docker and JDK17 if not already installed.
+2. Install Docker and JDK 21 (or JDK 25 recommended) if not already installed.

 3. Install a recommended Java IDE such as Eclipse, IntelliJ, or VSCode
   1. Only VSCode
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+# File Sharing Feature - Architecture & Workflow
+
+## Overview
+
+The File Sharing feature enables users to store files server-side and share them with other registered users or via token-based share links. Files are stored using a pluggable storage provider (local filesystem or database) with optional quota enforcement.
+
+**Key Capabilities:**
+- Server-side file storage (upload, update, download, delete)
+- Optional history bundle and audit log attachments per file
+- Direct user-to-user sharing with access roles
+- Token-based share links (requires `system.frontendUrl`)
+- Optional email notifications for shares (requires `mail.enabled`)
+- Access audit trail (tracks who accessed a share link and how)
+- Automatic share link expiration
+- Storage quotas (per-user and total)
+- Pluggable storage backend (local filesystem or database BLOB)
+- Integration with the Shared Signing workflow
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Database Schema
+
+**`stored_files`**
+- One record per uploaded file
+- Stores file metadata (name, content type, size, storage key)
+- Optionally links to a history bundle and audit log as separate stored objects
+- `workflow_session_id` — nullable link to a `WorkflowSession` (signing feature)
+- `file_purpose` — enum classifying the file's role: `GENERIC`, `SIGNING_ORIGINAL`, `SIGNING_SIGNED`, `SIGNING_HISTORY`
+
+**`file_shares`**
+- One record per sharing relationship
+- Two share types, distinguished by which fields are set:
+  - **User share**: `shared_with_user_id` is set, `share_token` is null
+  - **Link share**: `share_token` is set (UUID), `shared_with_user_id` is null
+- `access_role` — `EDITOR`, `COMMENTER`, or `VIEWER`
+- `expires_at` — nullable expiration for link shares
+- `workflow_participant_id` — when set, marks this as a **workflow share** (hidden from the file manager, accessible only via workflow endpoints)
+
+**`file_share_accesses`**
+- One record per access event on a share link
+- Tracks: user, share link, access type (`VIEW` or `DOWNLOAD`), timestamp
+
+**`storage_cleanup_entries`**
+- Queue of storage keys to be deleted asynchronously
+- Used when a file is deleted but the physical storage object cleanup is deferred
+
+### Access Roles
+
+| Role | Can Read | Can Write |
+|------|----------|-----------|
+| `EDITOR` | ✅ | ✅ |
+| `COMMENTER` | ✅ | ❌ |
+| `VIEWER` | ✅ | ❌ |
+
+Default role when none is specified: `EDITOR`.
+
+Owners always have full access regardless of role.
+
+#### Role Semantics: COMMENTER vs VIEWER
+
+In the file storage layer, `COMMENTER` and `VIEWER` are equivalent — both grant read-only access and neither can replace file content. The distinction is meaningful in the **signing workflow** context:
+
+| Context | COMMENTER | VIEWER |
+|---------|-----------|--------|
+| File storage | Read only (same as VIEWER) | Read only |
+| Signing workflow | Can submit a signing action | Read only |
+
+`WorkflowParticipant.canEdit()` returns `true` for `COMMENTER` (and `EDITOR`) roles, which the signing workflow uses to determine if a participant can still submit a signature. Once a participant has signed or declined, their effective role is automatically downgraded to `VIEWER` regardless of their configured role.
+
+The rationale: "annotating" a document (submitting a signature) is not the same as "replacing" it. COMMENTER grants annotation rights without file-replacement rights.
+
+### Backend Architecture
+
+#### Service Layer
+
+**FileStorageService** (`1137 lines`)
+- Core file management service
+- Upload, update, download, and delete operations
+- User share management (share, revoke, leave)
+- Link share management (create, revoke, access)
+- Access recording and listing
+- Storage quota enforcement
+- Configuration feature gate checks
+
+**StorageCleanupService**
+- Scheduled daily: deletes orphaned storage keys from `storage_cleanup_entries`
+- Scheduled daily: purges expired share links from `file_shares`
+- Processes cleanup in batches of 50 entries
+
+#### Storage Providers
+
+**LocalStorageProvider**
+- Files stored on the filesystem under `storage.local.basePath` (default: `./storage`)
+- Storage key is a path relative to the base directory
+
+**DatabaseStorageProvider**
+- Files stored as BLOBs in `stored_file_blobs` table
+- No filesystem dependency
+
+Provider is selected at startup via `storage.provider: local | database`.
+
+#### Controller Layer
+
+**FileStorageController** (`/api/v1/storage`)
+- All endpoints require authentication
+- File CRUD and sharing operations
+
+### Data Flow
+
+```
+User uploads file → StorageProvider stores bytes → StoredFile record created
+       ↓
+Owner shares file → FileShare record created (user or link)
+       ↓
+Recipient accesses file → Access recorded → File bytes streamed
+```
+
+## File Operations
+
+### Upload File
+
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/storage/files
+Content-Type: multipart/form-data
+
+file: document.pdf                # Required — main file
+historyBundle: history.json       # Optional — version history
+auditLog: audit.json              # Optional — audit trail
+```
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "id": 42,
+  "fileName": "document.pdf",
+  "contentType": "application/pdf",
+  "sizeBytes": 102400,
+  "owner": "alice",
+  "ownedByCurrentUser": true,
+  "accessRole": "editor",
+  "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:00:00",
+  "updatedAt": "2025-01-01T12:00:00",
+  "sharedWithUsers": [],
+  "sharedUsers": [],
+  "shareLinks": []
+}
+```
+
+### Update File
+
+Replaces the file content. Only the owner can update.
+
+```bash
+PUT /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}
+Content-Type: multipart/form-data
+
+file: document_v2.pdf
+historyBundle: history.json       # Optional
+auditLog: audit.json              # Optional
+```
+
+### List Files
+
+Returns all files owned by or shared with the current user. Workflow-shared files (signing participants) are excluded — those are accessible via signing endpoints only.
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/files
+```
+
+Response is sorted by `createdAt` descending.
+
+### Download File
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/download?inline=false
+```
+
+- `inline=false` (default) — `Content-Disposition: attachment`
+- `inline=true` — `Content-Disposition: inline` (for browser preview)
+
+### Delete File
+
+Only the owner can delete. All associated share links and their access records are deleted first, then the database record, then the physical storage object.
+
+```bash
+DELETE /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}
+```
+
+## Sharing Operations
+
+### Share with User
+
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/users
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "username": "bob",          # Username or email address
+  "accessRole": "editor"      # "editor", "commenter", or "viewer" (default: "editor")
+}
+```
+
+**Behaviour:**
+- If the target user exists: creates/updates a `FileShare` with `sharedWithUser` set
+- If `username` is an email address and the user doesn't exist: creates a share link and sends a notification email (requires `sharing.emailEnabled` and `sharing.linkEnabled`)
+- If the target user is the owner: returns 400
+- If sharing is disabled: returns 403
+
+### Revoke User Share
+
+Only the owner can revoke.
+
+```bash
+DELETE /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/users/{username}
+```
+
+### Leave Shared File
+
+The recipient removes themselves from a shared file.
+
+```bash
+DELETE /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/self
+```
+
+### Create Share Link
+
+Creates a token-based link for anonymous/authenticated access. Requires `sharing.linkEnabled` and `system.frontendUrl` to be configured.
+
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/links
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "accessRole": "viewer"      # Optional (default: "editor")
+}
+```
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "token": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
+  "accessRole": "viewer",
+  "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:00:00",
+  "expiresAt": "2025-01-04T12:00:00"
+}
+```
+
+Expiration is set to `now + sharing.linkExpirationDays` (default: 3 days).
+
+### Revoke Share Link
+
+```bash
+DELETE /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/links/{token}
+```
+
+Also deletes all access records for that token.
+
+## Share Link Access
+
+### Download via Share Link
+
+Authentication is required (even for share links). Anonymous access is not permitted.
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/share-links/{token}?inline=false
+```
+
+- Returns 401 if unauthenticated
+- Returns 403 if authenticated but link doesn't permit access
+- Returns 410 if the link has expired
+- Records a `FileShareAccess` entry on success
+
+> **Token-as-credential semantics:** Any authenticated user who holds the token can access the file — the token is the credential. If you need per-user access control (only a specific person can open it), use "Share with User" instead. Share links are appropriate for broader distribution where possession of the token implies authorization.
+
+### Get Share Link Metadata
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/share-links/{token}/metadata
+```
+
+Returns file name, owner, access role, creation/expiry timestamps, and whether the current user owns the file.
+
+### List Accessed Share Links
+
+Returns the most recent access for each non-expired share link the current user has accessed.
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/share-links/accessed
+```
+
+### List Accesses for a Link (Owner Only)
+
+```bash
+GET /api/v1/storage/files/{fileId}/shares/links/{token}/accesses
+```
+
+Returns per-user access history (username, VIEW/DOWNLOAD, timestamp), sorted descending by time.
+
+## Workflow Share Integration
+
+Signing workflow participants access documents via their own `WorkflowParticipant.shareToken`. No `FileShare` record is created for participants; access control is self-contained in the `WorkflowParticipant` entity.
+
+The `FileShare.workflow_participant_id` column and the `FileShare.isWorkflowShare()` method are **deprecated**. Legacy data (sessions created before this change) may still have `FileShare` records with `workflow_participant_id` set, which continue to work via the existing token lookup path in `UnifiedAccessControlService`. No new records are created.
+
+`GET /api/v1/storage/files` returns all files owned by or shared with the current user (via `FileShare`). Signing-session PDFs use the `file_purpose` field (`SIGNING_ORIGINAL`, `SIGNING_SIGNED`, etc.) to distinguish them from generic files. The file manager UI can filter on this field if needed.
+
+## API Reference
+
+| Method | Endpoint | Description | Auth |
+|--------|----------|-------------|------|
+| POST | `/api/v1/storage/files` | Upload file | Required |
+| PUT | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}` | Update file | Required (owner) |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/files` | List accessible files | Required |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}` | Get file metadata | Required |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/download` | Download file | Required |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}` | Delete file | Required (owner) |
+| POST | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/users` | Share with user | Required (owner) |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/users/{username}` | Revoke user share | Required (owner) |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/self` | Leave shared file | Required |
+| POST | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/links` | Create share link | Required (owner) |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/links/{token}` | Revoke share link | Required (owner) |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/share-links/{token}` | Download via share link | Required |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/share-links/{token}/metadata` | Get share link metadata | Required |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/share-links/accessed` | List accessed share links | Required |
+| GET | `/api/v1/storage/files/{id}/shares/links/{token}/accesses` | List share accesses | Required (owner) |
+
+## Configuration
+
+All storage settings live under the `storage:` key in `settings.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+storage:
+  enabled: true                  # Requires security.enableLogin = true
+  provider: local                # 'local' or 'database'
+  local:
+    basePath: './storage'        # Filesystem base directory (local provider only)
+  quotas:
+    maxStorageMbPerUser: -1      # Per-user storage cap in MB; -1 = unlimited
+    maxStorageMbTotal: -1        # Total storage cap in MB; -1 = unlimited
+    maxFileMb: -1                # Max size per upload (main + history + audit) in MB; -1 = unlimited
+  sharing:
+    enabled: false               # Master switch for all sharing (opt-in)
+    linkEnabled: false           # Enable token-based share links (requires system.frontendUrl)
+    emailEnabled: false          # Enable email notifications (requires mail.enabled)
+    linkExpirationDays: 3        # Days until share links expire
+```
+
+**Prerequisites:**
+- `storage.enabled` requires `security.enableLogin = true`
+- `sharing.linkEnabled` requires `system.frontendUrl` to be set (used to build share link URLs)
+- `sharing.emailEnabled` requires `mail.enabled = true`
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Access Control
+- All endpoints require authentication — there is no anonymous access
+- Owner-only operations enforced in service layer (not just controller)
+- `requireReadAccess` / `requireEditorAccess` checked on every download
+
+### Share Link Security
+- Tokens are UUIDs (random, not guessable)
+- Expiration enforced on every access
+- Expired links return HTTP 410 Gone
+- Revoked links delete all access records
+
+### Quota Enforcement
+- Checked before storing (not after)
+- Accounts for existing file size when replacing (only the delta counts)
+- Covers main file + history bundle + audit log in a single check
+
+## Automatic Cleanup
+
+`StorageCleanupService` runs two scheduled jobs daily:
+
+1. **Orphaned storage cleanup** — processes up to 50 `StorageCleanupEntry` records, deletes the physical storage object, then removes the entry. Failed attempts increment `attemptCount` for retry.
+
+2. **Expired share link cleanup** — deletes all `FileShare` records where `expiresAt` is in the past and `shareToken` is set.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**"Storage is disabled":**
+- Check `storage.enabled: true` in settings
+- Verify `security.enableLogin: true`
+
+**"Share links are disabled":**
+- Check `sharing.linkEnabled: true`
+- Verify `system.frontendUrl` is set and non-empty
+
+**"Email sharing is disabled":**
+- Check `sharing.emailEnabled: true`
+- Verify `mail.enabled: true` and mail configuration
+
+**Signing-session PDF appearing in the general file list:**
+- This is expected — signing PDFs are accessible to owners and shared users
+- Filter by `file_purpose` (`SIGNING_ORIGINAL`, `SIGNING_SIGNED`) in the UI to distinguish them
+
+**Share link returns 410:**
+- Link has expired — check `expires_at` in `file_shares` table
+- Owner must create a new link
+
+### Debug Queries
+
+```sql
+-- List files and their share counts
+SELECT sf.stored_file_id, sf.original_filename, u.username as owner,
+       COUNT(DISTINCT fs.file_share_id) FILTER (WHERE fs.shared_with_user_id IS NOT NULL) as user_shares,
+       COUNT(DISTINCT fs.file_share_id) FILTER (WHERE fs.share_token IS NOT NULL) as link_shares
+FROM stored_files sf
+LEFT JOIN users u ON sf.owner_id = u.user_id
+LEFT JOIN file_shares fs ON fs.stored_file_id = sf.stored_file_id
+GROUP BY sf.stored_file_id, u.username;
+
+-- Check share link expiration
+SELECT share_token, access_role, created_at, expires_at,
+       expires_at < NOW() as is_expired
+FROM file_shares
+WHERE share_token IS NOT NULL;
+
+-- Check access history for a share link
+SELECT u.username, fsa.access_type, fsa.accessed_at
+FROM file_share_accesses fsa
+JOIN file_shares fs ON fsa.file_share_id = fs.file_share_id
+JOIN users u ON fsa.user_id = u.user_id
+WHERE fs.share_token = '{token}'
+ORDER BY fsa.accessed_at DESC;
+
+-- Pending cleanup entries
+SELECT storage_key, attempt_count, updated_at
+FROM storage_cleanup_entries
+ORDER BY updated_at ASC;
+```
+
+## Summary
+
+The File Sharing feature provides:
+- ✅ Server-side file storage with pluggable backend (local/database)
+- ✅ History bundle and audit log attachments per file
+- ✅ Direct user-to-user sharing with EDITOR/COMMENTER/VIEWER roles
+- ✅ Token-based share links with expiration
+- ✅ Optional email notifications for shares
+- ✅ Per-access audit trail for share links
+- ✅ Storage quotas (per-user, total, per-file)
+- ✅ Automatic cleanup of expired links and orphaned storage
+- ✅ Workflow integration (signing-session PDFs stored via same infrastructure; participant access via `WorkflowParticipant.shareToken`)
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ Portions of this software are licensed as follows:

 * All content that resides under the "app/proprietary/" directory of this repository,
 if that directory exists, is licensed under the license defined in "app/proprietary/LICENSE".
+* All content that resides under the "engine/" directory of this repository,
+if that directory exists, is licensed under the license defined in "engine/LICENSE".
 * All content that resides under the "frontend/src/proprietary/" directory of this repository,
 if that directory exists, is licensed under the license defined in "frontend/src/proprietary/LICENSE".
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 if that directory exists, is licensed under the license defined in "frontend/src/desktop/LICENSE".
+* All content that resides under the "frontend/src/saas/" directory of this repository,
+if that directory exists, is licensed under the license defined in "frontend/src/saas/LICENSE".
 * Content outside of the above mentioned directories or restrictions above is
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@@ -0,0 +1,691 @@
+# Shared Signing Feature - Architecture & Workflow
+
+## Overview
+
+The Shared Signing feature enables collaborative document signing workflows where a document owner can request signatures from multiple participants. Each participant receives a secure token to access the document, submit their digital signature (with optional wet signature overlay), and track the signing progress.
+
+**Key Capabilities:**
+- Multi-participant signing sessions
+- Digital certificate signatures (P12/PKCS12, JKS, SERVER, USER_CERT, PEM/UPLOAD)
+- Visual wet signature overlays (drawn, typed, or uploaded) — multiple per participant
+- Token-based participant access (no authentication required for participants)
+- Authenticated participant access for registered users via sign-requests API
+- Progress tracking for session owners
+- Optional signature summary page appended to finalized PDF
+- Automatic role downgrade after signing (security)
+- GDPR-compliant wet signature metadata cleanup
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Database Schema
+
+#### Core Tables
+
+**`workflow_sessions`**
+- Tracks signing sessions created by document owners
+- Links to original and processed (signed) PDF files
+- Stores session metadata (message, due date, status)
+
+**`workflow_participants`**
+- One record per participant per session
+- Tracks participant status: PENDING → VIEWED → SIGNED/DECLINED
+  - `NOTIFIED` status is reserved for a future email notification feature; no current code path sets it
+- Stores participant-specific metadata (certificates, wet signatures) as JSONB
+- Each participant holds their own `shareToken` (UUID) for token-based access — no separate `FileShare` record is created
+- `accessRole` controls what actions the participant can perform. `COMMENTER` (and `EDITOR`) allow submitting a signature; `VIEWER` does not. After signing/declining, effective role is automatically downgraded to `VIEWER`
+
+**`user_server_certificates`**
+- Stores auto-generated certificates per user
+- Enables "Use My Personal Certificate" option
+
+#### Extended Tables
+
+**`stored_files`**
+- Added `workflow_session_id` to link files to signing sessions
+- Added `file_purpose` enum (SIGNING_ORIGINAL, SIGNING_SIGNED, etc.)
+
+**`file_shares`**
+- Regular file shares are created when the session owner shares the document with other users via the file manager
+- The `workflow_participant_id` column is deprecated; participant access is self-contained in `WorkflowParticipant.shareToken`
+
+### Backend Architecture
+
+#### Service Layer
+
+**WorkflowSessionService** (`816 lines`)
+- Core workflow management service
+- Creates sessions with participants
+- Handles participant status updates
+- Stores signature metadata (certificates and wet signatures)
+- Finalizes sessions by coordinating signing process
+
+Key responsibilities:
+- Session lifecycle management (create, list, get details, delete)
+- Participant management (add, remove, notify)
+- Certificate submission storage
+- Wet signature metadata storage
+- Session finalization orchestration
+
+**UnifiedAccessControlService**
+- Validates participant tokens
+- Checks session status and expiration
+- Maps participant status to effective access role
+- Automatic role downgrade after signing: SIGNED/DECLINED → VIEWER role
+
+**UserServerCertificateService**
+- Auto-generates personal certificates for users
+- Manages certificate storage and retrieval
+- Enables "Use My Personal Certificate" signing option
+
+#### Controller Layer
+
+**SigningSessionController** (Owner-facing + Authenticated participant endpoints)
+- `POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions` - Create signing session
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions` - List user's sessions
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}` - Get session details
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/pdf` - Download original PDF
+- `POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/finalize` - Finalize and apply signatures
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/signed-pdf` - Download signed PDF
+- `DELETE /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}` - Delete session
+- `POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/participants` - Add participants
+- `DELETE /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/participants/{participantId}` - Remove participant
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests` - List sign requests for authenticated user
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}` - Get sign request details
+- `GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/document` - Download document for signing
+- `POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/sign` - Sign document (authenticated)
+- `POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/decline` - Decline sign request (authenticated)
+
+**WorkflowParticipantController** (Participant-facing, token-based)
+- `GET /api/v1/workflow/participant/session?token={token}` - View session details
+- `GET /api/v1/workflow/participant/details?token={token}` - Get participant details
+- `GET /api/v1/workflow/participant/document?token={token}` - Download PDF
+- `POST /api/v1/workflow/participant/submit-signature` - Submit signature
+- `POST /api/v1/workflow/participant/decline?token={token}` - Decline to sign
+
+#### Data Flow
+
+```
+Owner creates session → Participants receive tokens →
+Participants access via token (or authenticated) → Participants submit signatures →
+Owner finalizes → System applies signatures → [Optional: append summary page] → Signed PDF generated
+```
+
+### Frontend Architecture
+
+#### Quick Access Integration
+
+**SignPopout Component**
+- Displays in Quick Access Bar (top navigation)
+- Shows active and completed signing sessions
+- Auto-refreshes every 15 seconds to show signature progress
+- Badge indicator shows count of pending sessions
+
+**ActiveSessionsPanel**
+- Lists sessions where user is owner or participant
+- Shows signature progress: "X/Y signatures" (e.g., "2/5 signatures")
+- Color-coded badges:
+  - Blue: No signatures yet (0/X)
+  - Yellow: Partial signatures (X/Y)
+  - Green: Ready to finalize (X/X)
+
+**CompletedSessionsPanel**
+- Lists finalized sessions and declined sign requests
+- Allows viewing/downloading signed PDFs
+
+#### Workbench Views
+
+**SignRequestWorkbenchView**
+- Full-screen view for participants to sign documents
+- Integrated PDF viewer with annotation support
+- Certificate selection (Personal/Organization/Custom P12)
+- Wet signature input (draw, type, or upload)
+- Signature placement on PDF pages
+
+**SessionDetailWorkbenchView**
+- Owner's view of session details
+- Participant list with status indicators
+- Ability to add/remove participants
+- Finalize button when all signatures collected
+- Download original/signed PDF
+
+#### State Management
+
+**FileContext Integration**
+- Signing sessions operate within FileContext workflow
+- PDFs loaded once, persist across tool switches
+- Memory management for large files (up to 100GB+)
+
+**ToolWorkflowContext**
+- Registers custom workbench views
+- Manages navigation between viewer and signing tools
+- Preserves file state during signing operations
+
+#### Services & Hooks
+
+**workflowService.ts**
+- API client for all signing endpoints
+- Handles session creation, listing, and management
+- Participant operations (submit, decline)
+
+**useWorkflowSession.ts**
+- React hook for owner session management
+- State management for session list and details
+
+**useParticipantSession.ts**
+- React hook for participant signing workflow
+- Manages signature submission state
+
+## Signing Workflow Process
+
+### 1. Session Creation (Owner)
+
+```
+Owner → Uploads PDF → Selects participants → Creates session
+        ↓
+System creates:
+  - WorkflowSession record
+  - WorkflowParticipant records (one per participant, each with a unique shareToken)
+        ↓
+Participants receive token (via email or share link)
+```
+
+**API Call:**
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions
+Content-Type: multipart/form-data
+
+file: document.pdf
+workflowType: SIGNING
+documentName: "contract.pdf"           # Optional display name
+participantUserIds: [1, 2, 3]          # Registered user IDs
+participantEmails: ["a@b.com"]         # External/unregistered users
+participants: [...]                    # Detailed participant configs (optional)
+message: "Please sign this contract"
+dueDate: "2025-12-31"
+ownerEmail: "owner@example.com"        # Optional, for notifications
+workflowMetadata: '{"showSignature": false, "showLogo": false, "includeSummaryPage": true}'
+```
+
+**Session-level `workflowMetadata` fields:**
+| Field | Type | Description |
+|-------|------|-------------|
+| `showSignature` | boolean | Show visible digital signature block on PDF |
+| `pageNumber` | integer | Page to place digital signature on |
+| `showLogo` | boolean | Show logo in digital signature block |
+| `includeSummaryPage` | boolean | Append a signature summary page before digital signing |
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "sessionId": "uuid",
+  "documentName": "contract.pdf",
+  "participants": [
+    {
+      "userId": 1,
+      "email": "user1@example.com",
+      "shareToken": "token1",
+      "status": "PENDING"
+    }
+  ],
+  "participantCount": 3,
+  "signedCount": 0
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Participant Access
+
+```
+Participant → Clicks token link → Views session details
+        ↓
+Status changes: PENDING/NOTIFIED → VIEWED
+        ↓
+Participant downloads PDF to review
+```
+
+**Access URL (unauthenticated):**
+```
+https://app.example.com/sign?token={participant_token}
+```
+
+**Authenticated participants** can also use:
+```
+GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests
+GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{sessionId}
+GET /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{sessionId}/document
+```
+
+**Automatic Status Update:**
+- First access: PENDING/NOTIFIED → VIEWED
+- Downloads tracked but don't change status
+
+### 3. Signature Submission
+
+```
+Participant → Selects certificate type → Uploads certificate (if needed)
+           → Draws/uploads wet signatures (optional, multiple supported)
+           → Submits signature
+        ↓
+System stores:
+  - Certificate data (P12/JKS keystore as base64)
+  - Certificate password
+  - Wet signatures metadata (JSON array: base64 image + coordinates per signature)
+        ↓
+Status changes: VIEWED → SIGNED
+Access role: EDITOR → VIEWER (automatic downgrade)
+```
+
+**API Call (token-based, unauthenticated):**
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/workflow/participant/submit-signature
+Content-Type: multipart/form-data
+
+participantToken: {token}
+certType: P12 | JKS | SERVER | USER_CERT
+p12File: certificate.p12 (if certType=P12)
+jksFile: keystore.jks (if certType=JKS)
+password: cert_password
+showSignature: false
+pageNumber: 1
+location: "New York"
+reason: "I approve this contract"
+showLogo: false
+wetSignaturesData: '[{"page":0,"x":100,"y":200,"width":150,"height":50,"type":"IMAGE","data":"base64..."}]'
+```
+
+**API Call (authenticated users):**
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{sessionId}/sign
+Content-Type: multipart/form-data
+
+certType: SERVER | USER_CERT | UPLOAD | PEM | PKCS12 | PFX | JKS
+p12File: certificate.p12 (if applicable)
+password: cert_password
+reason: "I approve this contract"
+location: "New York"
+wetSignaturesData: '[...]'
+```
+
+**Metadata Storage (JSONB):**
+```json
+{
+  "certificateSubmission": {
+    "certType": "P12",
+    "password": "cert_password",
+    "p12Keystore": "base64_encoded_keystore",
+    "showSignature": false,
+    "pageNumber": 1,
+    "location": "New York",
+    "reason": "I approve this contract",
+    "showLogo": false
+  },
+  "wetSignatures": [
+    {
+      "type": "IMAGE",
+      "data": "base64_image",
+      "page": 0,
+      "x": 100,
+      "y": 200,
+      "width": 150,
+      "height": 50
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Note: Multiple wet signatures are supported per participant (array).
+
+### 4. Progress Tracking (Owner)
+
+```
+Owner → Views session list → Sees "2/5 signatures"
+      → Clicks session → Views participant status
+        ↓
+Participant list shows:
+  - user1@example.com: SIGNED ✓
+  - user2@example.com: SIGNED ✓
+  - user3@example.com: VIEWED (pending)
+  - user4@example.com: PENDING
+  - user5@example.com: DECLINED ✗
+        ↓
+Auto-refresh every 15 seconds
+```
+
+**Badge Colors:**
+- 🔵 Blue: 0/5 signatures (awaiting)
+- 🟡 Yellow: 2/5 signatures (partial)
+- 🟢 Green: 5/5 signatures (ready to finalize)
+
+### 5. Session Finalization
+
+```
+Owner → Clicks "Finalize" → System processes signatures
+        ↓
+Processing steps:
+  1. Apply wet signatures to PDF (visual overlays)
+  1.5. Append signature summary page (if includeSummaryPage=true)
+  2. Apply digital certificates in participant order
+     - Visual signature block suppressed when summary page is enabled
+  3. Store signed PDF
+  4. Clear wet signature metadata (GDPR compliance)
+        ↓
+Owner downloads signed PDF
+```
+
+**Finalization Process:**
+
+1. **Apply Wet Signatures First**
+   ```java
+   for (WetSignature sig : wetSignatures) {
+     PDPage page = document.getPage(sig.getPage());
+     byte[] imageBytes = Base64.decode(sig.getData());
+     // Convert Y from top-left (UI) to bottom-left (PDF) coordinate system
+     float pdfY = page.getMediaBox().getHeight() - sig.getY() - sig.getHeight();
+     PDImageXObject image = PDImageXObject.createFromByteArray(document, imageBytes, "signature");
+     contentStream.drawImage(image, sig.getX(), pdfY, sig.getWidth(), sig.getHeight());
+   }
+   ```
+
+2. **Append Summary Page (optional, before digital signing)**
+
+   If `includeSummaryPage=true`, a new A4 page is appended showing:
+   - Stirling logo and "Signature Summary" title
+   - Document name and session owner
+   - Finalization timestamp
+   - Per-participant: name, email, status, signed timestamp, reason, location, certificate type
+   - Supports overflow to additional pages
+
+   This step occurs **before** digital certificate signing so signatures are not invalidated.
+   When a summary page is added, the visual digital signature block (`showSignature`) is suppressed — wet signatures (hand-drawn overlays) are unaffected.
+
+3. **Apply Digital Certificates (in participant order)**
+   ```java
+   for (Participant p : participants) {
+     if (p.status == SIGNED) {
+       KeyStore keystore = buildKeystore(p.certificate);
+       // Reason: participant override > owner default > "Document Signing"
+       // Location: participant-provided only (no default)
+       CertSignController.sign(pdfBytes, keystore, password, settings);
+     }
+   }
+   ```
+
+4. **Store and Cleanup**
+   ```java
+   StoredFile signedFile = storeFile(signedPdfBytes, SIGNING_SIGNED);
+   session.setProcessedFile(signedFile);
+   session.setFinalized(true);
+
+   // GDPR: Clear sensitive metadata after finalization
+   for (Participant p : participants) {
+     p.metadata.remove("wetSignatures");         // Clears wet signature image data
+     p.metadata.remove("certificateSubmission"); // Clears keystore bytes + password
+   }
+   ```
+
+**API Call:**
+```bash
+POST /api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{sessionId}/finalize
+Authorization: Bearer {owner_token}
+```
+
+**Response:** Binary PDF file with Content-Disposition header
+
+## Key Technical Features
+
+### 1. Double JSON Encoding Fix (Recent)
+
+**Problem:** JSONB columns were storing JSON strings instead of JSON objects, requiring double-parsing.
+
+**Solution:** Created `JsonMapConverter` JPA AttributeConverter:
+```java
+@Convert(converter = JsonMapConverter.class)
+@Column(name = "participant_metadata", columnDefinition = "jsonb")
+private Map<String, Object> participantMetadata;
+```
+
+**Benefits:**
+- Single parse on read
+- Proper JSON storage in PostgreSQL
+- Type-safe Map access
+- Backward compatible with legacy data
+
+### 2. Signature Progress Display (Recent)
+
+**Implementation:**
+- `WorkflowSessionResponse` includes `participantCount` and `signedCount`
+- `WorkflowMapper` calculates counts when converting to DTO
+- Frontend displays "X/Y signatures" in session list
+- Auto-refresh every 15 seconds keeps counts updated
+
+### 3. Token-Based Security
+
+**No Authentication Required for Participants:**
+- Participants access via secure token (UUID)
+- Token linked to specific participant and session
+- Automatic expiration support
+- One-time signing (cannot sign twice)
+
+**Authenticated Participant Access:**
+- Registered users can also access sign requests via `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests`
+- Standard Spring Security authentication required
+- Supports additional cert types: UPLOAD, PEM, PKCS12, PFX
+
+**Automatic Role Downgrade:**
+- After signing: EDITOR → VIEWER
+- After declining: EDITOR → VIEWER
+- Prevents modification after action taken
+
+### 4. Storage Integration
+
+**Unified with File Sharing:**
+- All PDFs stored via `StorageProvider` (Database or Local)
+- Respects storage quotas
+- Supports files up to 100GB+ (with Local storage)
+- Consistent with existing file sharing infrastructure
+
+### 5. Certificate Types
+
+**P12/PKCS12/PFX:** User uploads PKCS#12 file + password
+**JKS:** User uploads Java KeyStore + password
+**PEM/UPLOAD:** User uploads PEM certificate + private key
+**SERVER:** Uses organization's server certificate (no upload needed)
+**USER_CERT:** Uses user's auto-generated personal certificate (one-click)
+
+Note: UPLOAD, PEM, PKCS12, PFX are available on the authenticated (`sign-requests`) path. The token-based path uses P12, JKS, SERVER, USER_CERT.
+
+## Frontend Components Overview
+
+### Owner Workflow Components
+
+1. **CreateSessionPanel** - Form to create new signing session
+2. **ActiveSessionsPanel** - List of pending sessions with progress
+3. **SessionDetailWorkbenchView** - Full session management interface
+4. **CompletedSessionsPanel** - History of finalized sessions
+
+### Participant Workflow Components
+
+1. **SignRequestWorkbenchView** - Main signing interface
+2. **SignatureSettingsInput** - Certificate selection and configuration
+3. **WetSignatureInput** - Draw/type/upload signature overlay
+4. **SignatureSettingsDisplay** - Preview of signature settings
+
+### Shared Components
+
+1. **UserSelector** - Multi-select user picker for participants
+2. **LocalEmbedPDFWithAnnotations** - PDF viewer with signature placement
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Backend Configuration
+
+**application.properties:**
+```properties
+# Database (H2 or PostgreSQL)
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+
+# Security
+DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true
+
+# Storage Provider (DATABASE or LOCAL)
+storage.provider=LOCAL
+storage.maxFileSize=100GB
+```
+
+### Frontend Configuration
+
+**Quick Access Bar:**
+- Signing popout accessible from top navigation
+- Auto-refresh interval: 15 seconds
+- Badge shows pending session count
+
+## API Reference Summary
+
+### Owner Endpoints (Authenticated)
+
+| Method | Endpoint | Description |
+|--------|----------|-------------|
+| POST | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions` | Create session |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions` | List sessions |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}` | Get details |
+| POST | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/finalize` | Finalize session |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/pdf` | Download original |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/signed-pdf` | Download signed |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}` | Delete session |
+| POST | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/participants` | Add participants |
+| DELETE | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sessions/{id}/participants/{pid}` | Remove participant |
+
+### Authenticated Participant Endpoints
+
+| Method | Endpoint | Description |
+|--------|----------|-------------|
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests` | List sign requests |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}` | Get sign request details |
+| GET | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/document` | Download document |
+| POST | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/sign` | Sign document |
+| POST | `/api/v1/security/cert-sign/sign-requests/{id}/decline` | Decline signing |
+
+### Token-Based Participant Endpoints (No Auth Required)
+
+| Method | Endpoint | Description |
+|--------|----------|-------------|
+| GET | `/api/v1/workflow/participant/session?token={token}` | View session |
+| GET | `/api/v1/workflow/participant/details?token={token}` | Get participant details |
+| GET | `/api/v1/workflow/participant/document?token={token}` | Download PDF |
+| POST | `/api/v1/workflow/participant/submit-signature` | Submit signature |
+| POST | `/api/v1/workflow/participant/decline?token={token}` | Decline signing |
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Data Protection
+- Wet signature image data cleared after finalization (GDPR compliance)
+- Certificate submission data (keystore bytes + password) cleared after finalization (GDPR compliance)
+- Certificate passwords are not encrypted at rest while stored (TODO: encrypt at rest)
+- Token expiration support
+
+### Access Control
+- Owner authentication required for session management
+- Participant access via secure UUID tokens (no auth) or standard auth (sign-requests)
+- Automatic role downgrade prevents re-signing
+- Session status checks prevent unauthorized actions
+
+### Audit Trail
+- All participant actions tracked
+- FileShare access logged
+- Status transitions recorded
+- Notification history maintained
+
+## Performance Characteristics
+
+### Scalability
+- Supports PDFs up to 100GB+ (with Local storage provider)
+- Memory-efficient streaming for large files
+- IndexedDB caching on frontend
+- Database indexes on session_id, share_token, workflow_session_id
+
+### Response Times
+- Session creation: ~500ms (10MB file)
+- Session listing: ~100ms
+- Token validation: ~50ms
+- Finalization: ~2s per MB of PDF (varies by certificate operations)
+
+## Future Enhancements
+
+### Planned Features
+- Email notifications for participants
+- Reminder system for pending signatures
+- Bulk signing operations
+- Template-based signing workflows
+- Signature validation/verification UI
+- Certificate password encryption at rest
+- Certificate keystore cleanup after finalization (GDPR)
+- Webhook support for external integrations
+- Analytics dashboard for signing metrics
+
+### Additional Workflow Types
+- **REVIEW** - Document review with comments
+- **APPROVAL** - Multi-level approval chains
+- **COLLABORATION** - Real-time collaborative editing
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Common Issues
+
+**"Token invalid" error:**
+- Check token exists in workflow_participants table
+- Verify session is not finalized
+- Check expiration date (expires_at)
+
+**Signature not appearing on PDF:**
+- Verify certificate type is correct
+- Check certificate password
+- Review logs for signing errors
+- Ensure PDFDocumentFactory is available
+
+**"Awaiting signatures" not updating:**
+- Backend should return participantCount and signedCount
+- Frontend auto-refresh every 15 seconds
+- Check network tab for API errors
+
+**Wet signatures not visible after finalization:**
+- Wet signatures are applied first as image overlays (Step 1)
+- Check `wetSignaturesData` was sent as valid JSON array
+- Verify page index is within document bounds
+- Note: wet signatures survive regardless of `includeSummaryPage` setting
+
+### Debug Queries
+
+```sql
+-- Check session status
+SELECT session_id, status, finalized,
+       (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM workflow_participants WHERE workflow_session_id = ws.id) as participant_count,
+       (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM workflow_participants WHERE workflow_session_id = ws.id AND status = 'SIGNED') as signed_count
+FROM workflow_sessions ws;
+
+-- Check participant tokens
+SELECT email, status, share_token, expires_at
+FROM workflow_participants
+WHERE workflow_session_id = (SELECT id FROM workflow_sessions WHERE session_id = '{session_id}');
+
+-- Check metadata storage
+SELECT email,
+       participant_metadata->'certificateSubmission'->>'certType' as cert_type,
+       jsonb_array_length(participant_metadata->'wetSignatures') as wet_sig_count
+FROM workflow_participants;
+```
+
+## Summary
+
+The Shared Signing feature provides a complete collaborative signing workflow with:
+- ✅ Multi-participant support with progress tracking
+- ✅ Multiple certificate types (P12/PKCS12/PFX, JKS, PEM, SERVER, USER_CERT)
+- ✅ Visual wet signature overlays (multiple per participant)
+- ✅ Token-based security for unauthenticated participants
+- ✅ Authenticated participant access via sign-requests API
+- ✅ Automatic role management
+- ✅ Large file support (100GB+)
+- ✅ GDPR-compliant wet signature metadata cleanup
+- ✅ Real-time progress updates
+- ✅ Full frontend integration with Quick Access Bar
+- ✅ Optional signature summary page with logo and participant details
+
+The architecture leverages existing file sharing infrastructure while adding workflow-specific features, ensuring consistency and maintainability across the application.
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ bootRun {
 spotless {
    java {
        target 'src/**/java/**/*.java'
+        targetExclude 'src/main/java/org/apache/**'
        googleJavaFormat(googleJavaFormatVersion).aosp().reorderImports(false)

        importOrder("java", "javax", "org", "com", "net", "io", "jakarta", "lombok", "me", "stirling")
-        toggleOffOn()
        trimTrailingWhitespace()
        leadingTabsToSpaces()
        endWithNewline()
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ spotless {
    }
 }
 dependencies {
-    api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
-    api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop'
-    api 'com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:20240325.1'
+    api 'com.google.guava:guava:33.5.0-jre'
+    api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webmvc'
+    api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aspectj'
+    api 'com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:20260313.1'
    api 'com.fathzer:javaluator:3.0.6'
    api 'com.posthog.java:posthog:1.2.0'
    api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.20.0'
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ dependencies {
    api "org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-io:$pdfboxVersion"
    api "org.apache.pdfbox:xmpbox:$pdfboxVersion"
    api "org.apache.pdfbox:preflight:$pdfboxVersion"
-    api 'com.github.junrar:junrar:7.5.7' // RAR archive support for CBR files
+    api 'com.github.junrar:junrar:7.5.8' // RAR archive support for CBR files
    api 'jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api:6.1.0'
    api 'org.snakeyaml:snakeyaml-engine:3.0.1'
-    api "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.8.15"
+    api "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:3.0.2"
    // Simple Java Mail for EML/MSG parsing (replaces direct Angus Mail usage)
    api 'org.simplejavamail:simple-java-mail:8.12.6'
    api 'org.simplejavamail:outlook-module:8.12.6' // MSG file support
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {

        // Rule 2: Functional-group override - check if endpoint belongs to any disabled functional
        // group
-        for (String group : endpointGroups.keySet()) {
-            if (disabledGroups.contains(group) && endpointGroups.get(group).contains(endpoint)) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : endpointGroups.entrySet()) {
+            String group = entry.getKey();
+            if (disabledGroups.contains(group) && entry.getValue().contains(endpoint)) {
                // Skip tool groups (qpdf, OCRmyPDF, Ghostscript, LibreOffice, etc.)
                if (!isToolGroup(group)) {
                    log.debug(
@@ -131,10 +132,11 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {

        // Rule 4: Single-dependency check - if no alternatives defined, check if endpoint belongs
        // to any disabled tool groups
-        for (String group : endpointGroups.keySet()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : endpointGroups.entrySet()) {
+            String group = entry.getKey();
            if (isToolGroup(group)
                    && disabledGroups.contains(group)
-                    && endpointGroups.get(group).contains(endpoint)) {
+                    && entry.getValue().contains(endpoint)) {
                log.debug(
                        "isEndpointEnabled('{}') -> false (single tool group '{}' disabled, no alternatives)",
                        original,
@@ -354,6 +356,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "cert-sign");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "remove-cert-sign");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "sanitize-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "timestamp-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "auto-redact");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "validate-signature");
        addEndpointToGroup("Security", "add-stamp");
@@ -371,7 +374,6 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", REMOVE_BLANKS);
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "remove-annotations");
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "get-info-on-pdf");
-        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "remove-image-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "add-attachments");
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "replace-invert-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Other", "edit-table-of-contents");
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "auto-rename");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "auto-split-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "sanitize-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "timestamp-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "crop");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "get-info-on-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-single-page");
@@ -486,7 +489,6 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", REMOVE_BLANKS);
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "remove-annotations");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-text");
-        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "remove-image-pdf");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-markdown");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "add-attachments");
        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "compress-pdf");
@@ -606,6 +608,12 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        return endpointGroups.getOrDefault(group, new HashSet<>());
    }

+    public Set<String> getAllEndpoints() {
+        return endpointGroups.values().stream()
+                .flatMap(Set::stream)
+                .collect(java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
    private boolean isToolGroup(String group) {
        return "qpdf".equals(group)
                || "OCRmyPDF".equals(group)
@@ -639,8 +647,9 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
        }

        // Check if endpoint belongs to any disabled functional group
-        for (String group : endpointGroups.keySet()) {
-            if (disabledGroups.contains(group) && endpointGroups.get(group).contains(endpoint)) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : endpointGroups.entrySet()) {
+            String group = entry.getKey();
+            if (disabledGroups.contains(group) && entry.getValue().contains(endpoint)) {
                if (!isToolGroup(group)) {
                    return false;
                }
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package stirling.software.common.aop;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;

 import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.*;
+import org.slf4j.MDC;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.service.JobExecutorService;
@Component
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Slf4j
-@Order(0) // Highest precedence - executes before audit aspects
+@Order(20) // Lower precedence - executes AFTER audit aspects populate MDC
 public class AutoJobAspect {

    private static final Duration RETRY_BASE_DELAY = Duration.ofMillis(100);
@@ -70,26 +72,29 @@ public class AutoJobAspect {
            // No retries needed, simple execution
            return jobExecutorService.runJobGeneric(
                    async,
-                    () -> {
-                        try {
-                            // Note: Progress tracking is handled in TaskManager/JobExecutorService
-                            // The trackProgress flag controls whether detailed progress is stored
-                            // for REST API queries, not WebSocket notifications
-                            return joinPoint.proceed(args);
-                        } catch (Throwable ex) {
-                            log.error(
-                                    "AutoJobAspect caught exception during job execution: {}",
-                                    ex.getMessage(),
-                                    ex);
-                            // Rethrow RuntimeException as-is to preserve exception type
-                            if (ex instanceof RuntimeException) {
-                                throw (RuntimeException) ex;
-                            }
-                            // Wrap checked exceptions - GlobalExceptionHandler will unwrap
-                            // BaseAppException
-                            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-                        }
-                    },
+                    wrapWithMDC(
+                            () -> {
+                                try {
+                                    // Note: Progress tracking is handled in
+                                    // TaskManager/JobExecutorService
+                                    // The trackProgress flag controls whether detailed progress is
+                                    // stored
+                                    // for REST API queries, not WebSocket notifications
+                                    return joinPoint.proceed(args);
+                                } catch (Throwable ex) {
+                                    log.error(
+                                            "AutoJobAspect caught exception during job execution: {}",
+                                            ex.getMessage(),
+                                            ex);
+                                    // Rethrow RuntimeException as-is to preserve exception type
+                                    if (ex instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                                        throw (RuntimeException) ex;
+                                    }
+                                    // Wrap checked exceptions - GlobalExceptionHandler will unwrap
+                                    // BaseAppException
+                                    throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+                                }
+                            }),
                    timeout,
                    queueable,
                    resourceWeight);
@@ -123,114 +128,108 @@ public class AutoJobAspect {

        return jobExecutorService.runJobGeneric(
                async,
-                () -> {
-                    // Use iterative approach instead of recursion to avoid stack overflow
-                    Throwable lastException = null;
+                wrapWithMDC(
+                        () -> {
+                            // Use iterative approach instead of recursion to avoid stack overflow
+                            Throwable lastException = null;

-                    // Attempt counter starts at 1 for first try
-                    for (int currentAttempt = 1; currentAttempt <= maxRetries; currentAttempt++) {
-                        try {
-                            if (trackProgress && async) {
-                                // Get jobId for progress tracking in TaskManager
-                                // This enables REST API progress queries, not WebSocket
-                                if (jobIdRef.get() == null) {
-                                    jobIdRef.set(getJobIdFromContext());
-                                }
-                                String jobId = jobIdRef.get();
-                                if (jobId != null) {
-                                    log.debug(
-                                            "Tracking progress for job {} (attempt {}/{})",
-                                            jobId,
+                            // Attempt counter starts at 1 for first try
+                            for (int currentAttempt = 1;
+                                    currentAttempt <= maxRetries;
+                                    currentAttempt++) {
+                                try {
+                                    if (trackProgress && async) {
+                                        // Get jobId for progress tracking in TaskManager
+                                        // This enables REST API progress queries, not WebSocket
+                                        if (jobIdRef.get() == null) {
+                                            jobIdRef.set(getJobIdFromContext());
+                                        }
+                                        String jobId = jobIdRef.get();
+                                        if (jobId != null) {
+                                            log.debug(
+                                                    "Tracking progress for job {} (attempt {}/{})",
+                                                    jobId,
+                                                    currentAttempt,
+                                                    maxRetries);
+                                            // Progress is tracked in TaskManager for REST API
+                                            // access
+                                            // No WebSocket notifications sent here
+                                        }
+                                    }
+
+                                    // Attempt to execute the operation
+                                    return joinPoint.proceed(args);
+
+                                } catch (Throwable ex) {
+                                    lastException = ex;
+                                    log.error(
+                                            "AutoJobAspect caught exception during job execution (attempt"
+                                                    + " {}/{}): {}",
                                            currentAttempt,
-                                            maxRetries);
-                                    // Progress is tracked in TaskManager for REST API access
-                                    // No WebSocket notifications sent here
-                                }
-                            }
+                                            maxRetries,
+                                            ex.getMessage(),
+                                            ex);

-                            // Attempt to execute the operation
-                            return joinPoint.proceed(args);
+                                    // Check if we should retry
+                                    if (currentAttempt < maxRetries) {
+                                        log.info(
+                                                "Retrying operation, attempt {}/{}",
+                                                currentAttempt + 1,
+                                                maxRetries);

-                        } catch (Throwable ex) {
-                            lastException = ex;
-                            log.error(
-                                    "AutoJobAspect caught exception during job execution (attempt"
-                                            + " {}/{}): {}",
-                                    currentAttempt,
-                                    maxRetries,
-                                    ex.getMessage(),
-                                    ex);
+                                        if (trackProgress && async) {
+                                            String jobId = jobIdRef.get();
+                                            if (jobId != null) {
+                                                log.debug(
+                                                        "Recording retry attempt for job {} in TaskManager",
+                                                        jobId);
+                                                // Retry info is tracked in TaskManager for REST API
+                                                // access
+                                            }
+                                        }

-                            // Check if we should retry
-                            if (currentAttempt < maxRetries) {
-                                log.info(
-                                        "Retrying operation, attempt {}/{}",
-                                        currentAttempt + 1,
-                                        maxRetries);
+                                        // Use sleep for retry delay
+                                        // For sync jobs, both sleep and async are blocking at this
+                                        // point
+                                        // For async jobs, the delay occurs in the executor thread
+                                        long delayMs = RETRY_BASE_DELAY.toMillis() * currentAttempt;

-                                if (trackProgress && async) {
-                                    String jobId = jobIdRef.get();
-                                    if (jobId != null) {
-                                        log.debug(
-                                                "Recording retry attempt for job {} in TaskManager",
-                                                jobId);
-                                        // Retry info is tracked in TaskManager for REST API access
+                                        try {
+                                            Thread.sleep(delayMs);
+                                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                                            log.debug(
+                                                    "Retry delay interrupted for attempt {}/{}",
+                                                    currentAttempt,
+                                                    maxRetries);
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+                                    } else {
+                                        // No more retries, we'll throw the exception after the loop
+                                        break;
                                    }
                                }
-
-                                // Use non-blocking delay for all retry attempts to avoid blocking
-                                // threads
-                                // For sync jobs this avoids starving the tomcat thread pool under
-                                // load
-                                long delayMs = RETRY_BASE_DELAY.toMillis() * currentAttempt;
-
-                                // Execute the retry after a delay through the JobExecutorService
-                                // rather than blocking the current thread with sleep
-                                CompletableFuture<Object> delayedRetry = new CompletableFuture<>();
-
-                                // Use a delayed executor for non-blocking delay
-                                CompletableFuture.delayedExecutor(delayMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-                                        .execute(
-                                                () -> {
-                                                    // Continue the retry loop in the next iteration
-                                                    // We can't return from here directly since
-                                                    // we're in a Runnable
-                                                    delayedRetry.complete(null);
-                                                });
-
-                                // Wait for the delay to complete before continuing
-                                try {
-                                    delayedRetry.join();
-                                } catch (Exception e) {
-                                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            } else {
-                                // No more retries, we'll throw the exception after the loop
-                                break;
                            }
-                        }
-                    }

-                    // If we get here, all retries failed
-                    if (lastException != null) {
-                        // Rethrow RuntimeException as-is to preserve exception type
-                        if (lastException instanceof RuntimeException) {
-                            throw (RuntimeException) lastException;
-                        }
-                        // Wrap checked exceptions - GlobalExceptionHandler will unwrap
-                        // BaseAppException
-                        throw new RuntimeException(
-                                "Job failed after "
-                                        + maxRetries
-                                        + " attempts: "
-                                        + lastException.getMessage(),
-                                lastException);
-                    }
+                            // If we get here, all retries failed
+                            if (lastException != null) {
+                                // Rethrow RuntimeException as-is to preserve exception type
+                                if (lastException instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                                    throw (RuntimeException) lastException;
+                                }
+                                // Wrap checked exceptions - GlobalExceptionHandler will unwrap
+                                // BaseAppException
+                                throw new RuntimeException(
+                                        "Job failed after "
+                                                + maxRetries
+                                                + " attempts: "
+                                                + lastException.getMessage(),
+                                        lastException);
+                            }

-                    // This should never happen if lastException is properly tracked
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Job failed but no exception was recorded");
-                },
+                            // This should never happen if lastException is properly tracked
+                            throw new RuntimeException("Job failed but no exception was recorded");
+                        }),
                timeout,
                queueable,
                resourceWeight);
@@ -299,4 +298,32 @@ public class AutoJobAspect {
            return null;
        }
    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wraps a supplier to propagate MDC context to background threads. Captures MDC on request
+     * thread and restores it in the background thread. Ensures proper cleanup to prevent context
+     * leakage across jobs in thread pools.
+     */
+    private <T> Supplier<T> wrapWithMDC(Supplier<T> supplier) {
+        final Map<String, String> captured = MDC.getCopyOfContextMap();
+        return () -> {
+            final Map<String, String> previous = MDC.getCopyOfContextMap();
+            try {
+                // Set the captured context (or clear if none was captured)
+                if (captured != null) {
+                    MDC.setContextMap(new HashMap<>(captured));
+                } else {
+                    MDC.clear();
+                }
+                return supplier.get();
+            } finally {
+                // Restore previous state (or clear if there was none)
+                if (previous != null) {
+                    MDC.setContextMap(previous);
+                } else {
+                    MDC.clear();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ public class RuntimePathConfig {

        // Initialize Operation paths
        String defaultWeasyPrintPath = isDocker ? "/opt/venv/bin/weasyprint" : "weasyprint";
-        String defaultUnoConvertPath = isDocker ? "/opt/venv/bin/unoconvert" : "unoconvert";
+        String defaultUnoConvertPath = isDocker ? "/usr/local/bin/unoconvert" : "unoconvert";
        String defaultCalibrePath = isDocker ? "/opt/calibre/ebook-convert" : "ebook-convert";
-        String defaultOcrMyPdfPath = isDocker ? "/usr/bin/ocrmypdf" : "ocrmypdf";
+        String defaultOcrMyPdfPath = isDocker ? "/opt/venv/bin/ocrmypdf" : "ocrmypdf";
        String defaultSOfficePath = isDocker ? "/usr/bin/soffice" : "soffice";

        Operations operations = customPaths.getOperations();
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package stirling.software.common.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.SimpleAsyncTaskScheduler;
+
+/**
+ * Configures the scheduler used by all {@code @Scheduled} methods. Uses virtual threads so that
+ * long-running scheduled tasks (e.g. cleanup, license checks, file monitoring) never block each
+ * other — each runs on its own lightweight virtual thread.
+ */
+@Configuration
+public class SchedulingConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public TaskScheduler taskScheduler() {
+        SimpleAsyncTaskScheduler scheduler = new SimpleAsyncTaskScheduler();
+        scheduler.setVirtualThreads(true);
+        scheduler.setThreadNamePrefix("scheduled-vt-");
+        return scheduler;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package stirling.software.common.constants;
+
+/**
+ * Centralized constants for JWT token management.
+ *
+ * <p>These defaults are used when configuration values are not explicitly set.
+ */
+public final class JwtConstants {
+
+    private JwtConstants() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Utility class");
+    }
+
+    /** Default JWT access token lifetime in minutes (24 hours). */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_TOKEN_EXPIRY_MINUTES = 1440;
+
+    /** Default desktop client token lifetime in minutes (30 days). */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_DESKTOP_TOKEN_EXPIRY_MINUTES = 43200;
+
+    /**
+     * Default refresh grace period in minutes.
+     *
+     * <p>Allows refresh of expired tokens within this window after expiration.
+     */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_REFRESH_GRACE_MINUTES = 15;
+
+    /**
+     * Default allowed clock skew in seconds.
+     *
+     * <p>Tolerates small time drift between client and server clocks during validation.
+     */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS = 60;
+
+    /** Milliseconds per minute. */
+    public static final long MILLIS_PER_MINUTE = 60_000L;
+
+    /** Seconds per minute. */
+    public static final long SECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60L;
+
+    /** JWT issuer identifier. */
+    public static final String ISSUER = "https://stirling.com";
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum refresh attempts allowed within the grace period window.
+     *
+     * <p>Prevents abuse of expired tokens by limiting refresh attempts.
+     */
+    public static final int MAX_REFRESH_ATTEMPTS_IN_GRACE = 3;
+}
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

 import stirling.software.common.configuration.InstallationPathConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.configuration.YamlPropertySourceFactory;
+import stirling.software.common.constants.JwtConstants;
 import stirling.software.common.model.exception.UnsupportedProviderException;
 import stirling.software.common.model.oauth2.GitHubProvider;
 import stirling.software.common.model.oauth2.GoogleProvider;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
    private Legal legal = new Legal();
    private Security security = new Security();
    private System system = new System();
+    private Storage storage = new Storage();
    private Ui ui = new Ui();
    private Endpoints endpoints = new Endpoints();
    private Metrics metrics = new Metrics();
@@ -149,6 +151,44 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
    @Data
    public static class AutoPipeline {
        private String outputFolder;
+        private FileReadiness fileReadiness = new FileReadiness();
+
+        /**
+         * Configuration for the {@link stirling.software.common.util.FileReadinessChecker}.
+         * Controls how the pipeline determines whether a file is fully written and stable before
+         * processing begins.
+         */
+        @Data
+        public static class FileReadiness {
+            /**
+             * Master toggle. When {@code false} every readiness check is skipped and all files are
+             * considered immediately ready (preserves legacy behaviour).
+             */
+            private boolean enabled = true;
+
+            /**
+             * How long (in milliseconds) a file must remain unmodified before it is considered
+             * stable. Files modified more recently than this threshold are skipped and retried on
+             * the next scan cycle. Default: 5 000 ms (5 seconds).
+             */
+            private long settleTimeMillis = 5000;
+
+            /**
+             * How long (in milliseconds) to pause between two consecutive file-size reads when
+             * checking whether a file is still being written. If the size differs between the two
+             * reads the file is considered unstable. This catches active copies on Linux/macOS
+             * where advisory locking alone cannot detect a mid-copy file. Default: 500 ms.
+             */
+            private long sizeCheckDelayMillis = 500;
+
+            /**
+             * Optional list of file extensions (without the leading dot, case-insensitive) that are
+             * allowed through the readiness check. An empty list means all extensions are accepted.
+             * Example: {@code ["pdf", "tiff"]} will skip any file whose extension is not {@code
+             * pdf} or {@code tiff}.
+             */
+            private List<String> allowedExtensions = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
+        }
    }

    @Data
@@ -212,6 +252,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
        private String customGlobalAPIKey;
        private Jwt jwt = new Jwt();
        private Validation validation = new Validation();
+        private Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp();
        private String xFrameOptions = "DENY";

        public Boolean isAltLogin() {
@@ -364,11 +405,11 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }

            public boolean isSettingsValid() {
-                return !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.getIssuer())
-                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.getClientId())
-                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.getClientSecret())
-                        && !ValidationUtils.isCollectionEmpty(this.getScopes())
-                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.getUseAsUsername());
+                return !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.issuer)
+                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.clientId)
+                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.clientSecret)
+                        && !ValidationUtils.isCollectionEmpty(this.scopes)
+                        && !ValidationUtils.isStringEmpty(this.useAsUsername);
            }

            @Data
@@ -393,12 +434,107 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }
        }

+        /**
+         * JWT token configuration.
+         *
+         * <p><b>BREAKING CHANGE (v2.0):</b> Default token expiry increased from 12 hours (720
+         * minutes) to 24 hours (1440 minutes). If you require the previous behavior, explicitly set
+         * {@code tokenExpiryMinutes: 720} in your configuration.
+         */
        @Data
        public static class Jwt {
            private boolean enableKeystore = true;
            private boolean enableKeyRotation = false;
            private boolean enableKeyCleanup = true;
-            private int keyRetentionDays = 7;
+
+            /**
+             * JWT access token lifetime in minutes for web clients.
+             *
+             * <p>Default: {@value JwtConstants#DEFAULT_TOKEN_EXPIRY_MINUTES} minutes (24 hours).
+             *
+             * <p><b>BREAKING CHANGE:</b> Previously hardcoded to 720 minutes (12 hours). Now
+             * defaults to 1440 minutes (24 hours).
+             */
+            private int tokenExpiryMinutes = JwtConstants.DEFAULT_TOKEN_EXPIRY_MINUTES;
+
+            /**
+             * JWT access token lifetime in minutes for desktop clients (Tauri app).
+             *
+             * <p>Desktop clients are automatically detected via User-Agent header and receive
+             * longer-lived tokens because they run on personal devices with OS-level encrypted
+             * storage (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, Linux Secret Service).
+             *
+             * <p>This provides better UX (login once per month) while maintaining security through
+             * device encryption and secure storage, matching the behavior of popular desktop apps
+             * like Slack, Discord, VS Code, etc.
+             *
+             * <p>Default: 43200 minutes (30 days).
+             */
+            private int desktopTokenExpiryMinutes = 43200;
+
+            /**
+             * Allowed clock skew in seconds for JWT validation.
+             *
+             * <p>Tolerates small time drift between client and server clocks. Tokens that are
+             * slightly expired or slightly in the future (within this window) will still be
+             * accepted.
+             *
+             * <p>Default: {@value JwtConstants#DEFAULT_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS} seconds.
+             */
+            private int allowedClockSkewSeconds = JwtConstants.DEFAULT_CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS;
+
+            /**
+             * Grace period in minutes for refreshing expired tokens.
+             *
+             * <p>Allows token refresh using an expired access token if the token expired within
+             * this many minutes. This provides better UX by allowing users to refresh slightly
+             * expired tokens without re-authentication.
+             *
+             * <p>Rate limiting is applied to prevent abuse of expired tokens within the grace
+             * window (max {@value JwtConstants#MAX_REFRESH_ATTEMPTS_IN_GRACE} attempts).
+             *
+             * <p>Default: {@value JwtConstants#DEFAULT_REFRESH_GRACE_MINUTES} minutes.
+             */
+            private int refreshGraceMinutes = JwtConstants.DEFAULT_REFRESH_GRACE_MINUTES;
+
+            /**
+             * Calculate number of days to retain old JWT signing keys.
+             *
+             * <p>Automatically calculated based on the longest token lifetime plus a proportional
+             * safety buffer. Keys must be retained for at least as long as the tokens they signed
+             * remain valid, otherwise token verification will fail.
+             *
+             * <p>Formula: ceil((maxTokenExpiry + 10% buffer + refreshGrace + clockSkew) / 1440)
+             *
+             * <p>The buffer includes:
+             *
+             * <ul>
+             *   <li>10% of token lifetime (scales with token duration)
+             *   <li>Token refresh grace period ({@link #refreshGraceMinutes})
+             *   <li>Clock skew tolerance ({@link #allowedClockSkewSeconds} converted to minutes)
+             * </ul>
+             *
+             * @return calculated key retention period in days
+             */
+            public int getKeyRetentionDays() {
+                final int MINUTES_PER_DAY = 1440;
+                final double BUFFER_PERCENTAGE = 0.10; // 10% buffer
+
+                int maxTokenExpiryMinutes = Math.max(tokenExpiryMinutes, desktopTokenExpiryMinutes);
+
+                // Add 10% buffer (scales with token lifetime)
+                int bufferMinutes = (int) Math.ceil(maxTokenExpiryMinutes * BUFFER_PERCENTAGE);
+
+                // Add refresh grace period
+                bufferMinutes += refreshGraceMinutes;
+
+                // Add clock skew (convert seconds to minutes, round up)
+                bufferMinutes += (int) Math.ceil(allowedClockSkewSeconds / 60.0);
+
+                // Total retention in minutes, convert to days (round up)
+                int totalMinutes = maxTokenExpiryMinutes + bufferMinutes;
+                return (int) Math.ceil(totalMinutes / (double) MINUTES_PER_DAY);
+            }
        }

        @Data
@@ -435,6 +571,12 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                private boolean hardFail = false;
            }
        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Timestamp {
+            private String defaultTsaUrl = "http://timestamp.digicert.com";
+            private List<String> customTsaUrls = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
    }

    @Data
@@ -479,19 +621,52 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
        }

        public boolean isAnalyticsEnabled() {
-            return this.getEnableAnalytics() != null && this.getEnableAnalytics();
+            return this.enableAnalytics != null && this.enableAnalytics;
        }

        public boolean isPosthogEnabled() {
            // Treat null as enabled when analytics is enabled
-            return this.isAnalyticsEnabled()
-                    && (this.getEnablePosthog() == null || this.getEnablePosthog());
+            return this.isAnalyticsEnabled() && (this.enablePosthog == null || this.enablePosthog);
        }

        public boolean isScarfEnabled() {
            // Treat null as enabled when analytics is enabled
-            return this.isAnalyticsEnabled()
-                    && (this.getEnableScarf() == null || this.getEnableScarf());
+            return this.isAnalyticsEnabled() && (this.enableScarf == null || this.enableScarf);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Data
+    public static class Storage {
+        private boolean enabled = false;
+        private String provider = "local";
+        private Local local = new Local();
+        private Quotas quotas = new Quotas();
+        private Sharing sharing = new Sharing();
+        private Signing signing = new Signing();
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Local {
+            private String basePath = InstallationPathConfig.getPath() + "storage";
+        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Sharing {
+            private boolean enabled = false;
+            private boolean linkEnabled = false;
+            private boolean emailEnabled = false;
+            private int linkExpirationDays = 3;
+        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Quotas {
+            private long maxStorageMbPerUser = -1;
+            private long maxStorageMbTotal = -1;
+            private long maxFileMb = -1;
+        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Signing {
+            private boolean enabled = false;
        }
    }

@@ -618,6 +793,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
        private String logoStyle = "classic"; // Options: "classic" (default) or "modern"
        private boolean defaultHideUnavailableTools = false;
        private boolean defaultHideUnavailableConversions = false;
+        private HideDisabledTools hideDisabledTools = new HideDisabledTools();

        public String getAppNameNavbar() {
            return appNameNavbar != null && !appNameNavbar.trim().isEmpty() ? appNameNavbar : null;
@@ -630,6 +806,12 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            }
            return "classic"; // default
        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class HideDisabledTools {
+            private boolean googleDrive = false;
+            private boolean mobileQRScanner = false;
+        }
    }

    @Data
@@ -817,6 +999,15 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
            private boolean ssoAutoLogin;
            private boolean database;
            private CustomMetadata customMetadata = new CustomMetadata();
+            private GoogleDrive googleDrive = new GoogleDrive();
+
+            @Data
+            public static class GoogleDrive {
+                private boolean enabled = false;
+                private String clientId = "";
+                private String apiKey = "";
+                private String appId = "";
+            }

            @Data
            public static class CustomMetadata {
@@ -866,6 +1057,12 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
                private boolean enabled = true;
                private int level = 2; // 0=OFF, 1=BASIC, 2=STANDARD, 3=VERBOSE
                private int retentionDays = 90;
+                private boolean captureFileHash =
+                        false; // Capture SHA-256 hash of files (increases processing time)
+                private boolean capturePdfAuthor =
+                        false; // Capture PDF author metadata (increases processing time)
+                private boolean captureOperationResults =
+                        false; // Capture operation return values (not recommended, high volume)
            }

            @Data
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.common.model.api.security;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class UserSummaryDTO {
+    private Long userId;
+    private String username;
+    private String displayName;
+    private String teamName;
+    private boolean enabled;
+}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public enum Role {
        // Using the fromString method to get the Role enum based on the roleId
        Role role = fromString(roleId);
        // Return the roleName of the found Role enum
-        return role.getRoleName();
+        return role.roleName;
    }

    // Method to retrieve all role IDs and role names
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ public enum Role {
        // Using LinkedHashMap to preserve order
        Map<String, String> roleDetails = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        for (Role role : Role.values()) {
-            roleDetails.put(role.getRoleId(), role.getRoleName());
+            roleDetails.put(role.roleId, role.roleName);
        }
        return roleDetails;
    }

    public static Role fromString(String roleId) {
        for (Role role : Role.values()) {
-            if (role.getRoleId().equalsIgnoreCase(roleId)) {
+            if (role.roleId.equalsIgnoreCase(roleId)) {
                return role;
            }
        }
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ public class Provider {
                + ", clientName="
                + getClientName()
                + ", clientId="
-                + getClientId()
+                + clientId
                + ", clientSecret="
-                + (getClientSecret() != null && !getClientSecret().isEmpty() ? "*****" : "NULL")
+                + (clientSecret != null && !clientSecret.isEmpty() ? "*****" : "NULL")
                + ", scopes="
                + getScopes()
                + ", useAsUsername="
-                + getUseAsUsername()
+                + useAsUsername
                + "]";
    }
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package stirling.software.common.service;

+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@Slf4j
 public class FileStorage {

+    /** Holds the result of a stream-to-disk store operation: the file ID and the bytes written. */
+    public record StoredFile(String fileId, long size) {}
+
    @Value("${stirling.tempDir:/tmp/stirling-files}")
    private String tempDirPath;

@@ -104,6 +109,40 @@ public class FileStorage {
        return Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
    }

+    /**
+     * Retrieve a file by its ID as a streaming InputStream. The caller is responsible for closing
+     * the returned stream.
+     *
+     * @param fileId The ID of the file to retrieve
+     * @return A buffered InputStream for the file
+     * @throws IOException If the file doesn't exist or can't be read
+     */
+    public InputStream retrieveInputStream(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
+        // Let Files.newInputStream throw NoSuchFileException naturally — avoids TOCTOU race
+        // between exists-check and open when another thread may delete concurrently.
+        return new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(filePath));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Store data from an InputStream as a file and return its unique ID and byte count. Streams
+     * directly to disk without buffering the entire content in heap.
+     *
+     * @param inputStream The input stream to read from
+     * @param originalName The original name of the file (unused, kept for API symmetry)
+     * @return A {@link StoredFile} containing the file ID and the number of bytes written
+     * @throws IOException If there is an error storing the file
+     */
+    public StoredFile storeInputStream(InputStream inputStream, String originalName)
+            throws IOException {
+        String fileId = generateFileId();
+        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
+        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
+        long size = Files.copy(inputStream, filePath);
+        log.debug("Stored input stream with ID: {}", fileId);
+        return new StoredFile(fileId, size);
+    }
+
    /**
     * Delete a file by its ID
     *
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class JobExecutorService {
    private final HttpServletRequest request;
    private final ResourceMonitor resourceMonitor;
    private final JobQueue jobQueue;
-    private final ExecutorService executor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualOrCachedThreadExecutor();
+    private final ExecutorService executor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualThreadExecutor();
    private final long effectiveTimeoutMs;

    @Autowired(required = false)
@@ -254,10 +254,13 @@ public class JobExecutorService {
                return ResponseEntity.internalServerError()
                        .body(Map.of("error", "Job timed out after " + timeoutToUse + " ms"));
            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-                // Check if this is a wrapped typed exception that should be handled by
-                // GlobalExceptionHandler
+                // Check if this is a typed exception that should be handled by
+                // GlobalExceptionHandler (either directly or wrapped)
                Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-                if (cause instanceof stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils.BaseAppException
+                if (e instanceof IllegalArgumentException
+                        || cause
+                                instanceof
+                                stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils.BaseAppException
                        || cause
                                instanceof
                                stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ public class JobExecutorService {
                            filename =
                                    disposition.substring(
                                            disposition.indexOf("filename=") + 9,
-                                            disposition.lastIndexOf("\""));
+                                            disposition.lastIndexOf('"'));
                        }
                    }

@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ public class JobQueue implements SmartLifecycle {

    private volatile BlockingQueue<QueuedJob> jobQueue;
    private final Map<String, QueuedJob> jobMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
-    private final ExecutorService jobExecutor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualOrCachedThreadExecutor();
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler =
+            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+                    Thread.ofVirtual().name("job-queue-scheduler-", 0).factory());
+    private final ExecutorService jobExecutor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualThreadExecutor();
    private final Object queueLock = new Object(); // Lock for synchronizing queue operations

    private boolean shuttingDown = false;
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;

 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 public class MobileScannerService {

    private static final long SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
+    private static final Pattern FILENAME_SANITIZE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]");
+    private static final Pattern SESSION_ID_VALIDATION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9-]+");
+    private static final Pattern FILE_EXTENSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[.][^.]+$");
    private final Map<String, SessionData> activeSessions = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
    private final Path tempDirectory;

@@ -121,10 +125,11 @@ public class MobileScannerService {
            // Handle duplicate filenames
            int counter = 1;
            while (Files.exists(filePath)) {
-                String nameWithoutExt = safeFilename.replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
+                String nameWithoutExt =
+                        FILE_EXTENSION_PATTERN.matcher(safeFilename).replaceFirst("");
                String ext =
                        safeFilename.contains(".")
-                                ? safeFilename.substring(safeFilename.lastIndexOf("."))
+                                ? safeFilename.substring(safeFilename.lastIndexOf('.'))
                                : "";
                safeFilename = nameWithoutExt + "-" + counter + ext;
                filePath = sessionDir.resolve(safeFilename).normalize().toAbsolutePath();
@@ -271,14 +276,14 @@ public class MobileScannerService {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Session ID cannot be empty");
        }
        // Basic validation: alphanumeric and hyphens only
-        if (!sessionId.matches("[a-zA-Z0-9-]+")) {
+        if (!SESSION_ID_VALIDATION_PATTERN.matcher(sessionId).matches()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid session ID format");
        }
    }

    private String sanitizeFilename(String filename) {
        // Remove path traversal attempts and dangerous characters
-        String sanitized = filename.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]", "_");
+        String sanitized = FILENAME_SANITIZE_PATTERN.matcher(filename).replaceAll("_");
        // Ensure we have a non-empty, safe filename
        if (sanitized.isBlank()) {
            sanitized = "upload-" + System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ public class PdfMetadataService {
                            .getAuthor();

            if (userService != null) {
-                author = author.replace("username", userService.getCurrentUsername());
+                String username = userService.getCurrentUsername();
+                if (username != null) {
+                    author = author.replace("username", username);
+                }
            }
        }
        pdf.getDocumentInformation().setAuthor(author);
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package stirling.software.common.service;
+
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction for PDF digital signature operations. Defined in common so that proprietary services
+ * can use it without creating a circular dependency on core.
+ */
+public interface PdfSigningService {
+
+    /**
+     * Signs a PDF document using the provided KeyStore.
+     *
+     * @param pdfBytes raw PDF bytes to sign
+     * @param keystore the KeyStore containing the signing key and certificate chain
+     * @param password keystore password
+     * @param showSignature whether to render a visible signature block
+     * @param pageNumber 0-indexed page on which to render the visible signature (may be null)
+     * @param name signer name embedded in the signature
+     * @param location location string embedded in the signature
+     * @param reason reason string embedded in the signature
+     * @param showLogo whether to include the Stirling-PDF logo in the visible signature
+     * @return signed PDF bytes
+     * @throws Exception on any signing failure
+     */
+    byte[] signWithKeystore(
+            byte[] pdfBytes,
+            KeyStore keystore,
+            char[] password,
+            boolean showSignature,
+            Integer pageNumber,
+            String name,
+            String location,
+            String reason,
+            boolean showLogo)
+            throws Exception;
+}
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ public class ResourceMonitor {
    @Value("${stirling.resource.monitor.interval-ms:60000}")
    private long monitorIntervalMs = 60000; // 60 seconds

-    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler =
+            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+                    Thread.ofVirtual().name("resource-monitor-", 0).factory());
    private final MemoryMXBean memoryMXBean = ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean();
    private final OperatingSystemMXBean osMXBean = ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();

@@ -226,10 +226,11 @@ public class SsrfProtectionService {
    }

    private boolean isPrivateIPv4Range(String ip) {
-        // Includes RFC1918, loopback, link-local, and unspecified addresses
+        // Includes RFC1918, RFC6598, loopback, link-local, and unspecified addresses
        return ip.startsWith("10.")
                || ip.startsWith("192.168.")
                || (ip.startsWith("172.") && isInRange172(ip))
+                || (ip.startsWith("100.") && isInRange100(ip))
                || ip.startsWith("169.254.")
                || ip.startsWith("127.")
                || "0.0.0.0".equals(ip);
@@ -247,6 +248,18 @@ public class SsrfProtectionService {
        return false;
    }

+    private boolean isInRange100(String ip) {
+        String[] parts = ip.split("\\.");
+        if (parts.length >= 2) {
+            try {
+                int secondOctet = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
+                return secondOctet >= 64 && secondOctet <= 127;
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
    private boolean isCloudMetadataAddress(String ip) {
        String normalizedIp = normalizeIpv4MappedAddress(ip);
        // Cloud metadata endpoints for AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and IBM Cloud
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package stirling.software.common.service;

-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;

 import io.github.pixee.security.ZipSecurity;

@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@ public class TaskManager {

    private final FileStorage fileStorage;
    private final ScheduledExecutorService cleanupExecutor =
-            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+                    Thread.ofVirtual().name("task-cleanup-", 0).factory());

    /** Initialize the task manager and start the cleanup scheduler */
    public TaskManager(FileStorage fileStorage) {
@@ -362,39 +362,29 @@ public class TaskManager {
            String zipFileId, String originalZipFileName) throws IOException {
        List<ResultFile> extractedFiles = new ArrayList<>();

-        MultipartFile zipFile = fileStorage.retrieveFile(zipFileId);
-
-        try (ZipInputStream zipIn =
-                ZipSecurity.createHardenedInputStream(
-                        new ByteArrayInputStream(zipFile.getBytes()))) {
+        try (InputStream fileStream = fileStorage.retrieveInputStream(zipFileId);
+                ZipInputStream zipIn =
+                        ZipSecurity.createHardenedInputStream(
+                                new BufferedInputStream(fileStream))) {
            ZipEntry entry;
            while ((entry = zipIn.getNextEntry()) != null) {
                if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
-                    // Use buffered reading for memory safety
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                    byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
-                    int bytesRead;
-                    while ((bytesRead = zipIn.read(buffer)) != -1) {
-                        out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
-                    }
-                    byte[] fileContent = out.toByteArray();
-
                    String contentType = determineContentType(entry.getName());
-                    String individualFileId = fileStorage.storeBytes(fileContent, entry.getName());
+                    // storeInputStream returns the fileId and byte count — no extra stat needed
+                    FileStorage.StoredFile stored =
+                            fileStorage.storeInputStream(zipIn, entry.getName());

                    ResultFile resultFile =
                            ResultFile.builder()
-                                    .fileId(individualFileId)
+                                    .fileId(stored.fileId())
                                    .fileName(entry.getName())
                                    .contentType(contentType)
-                                    .fileSize(fileContent.length)
+                                    .fileSize(stored.size())
                                    .build();

                    extractedFiles.add(resultFile);
                    log.debug(
-                            "Extracted file: {} (size: {} bytes)",
-                            entry.getName(),
-                            fileContent.length);
+                            "Extracted file: {} (size: {} bytes)", entry.getName(), stored.size());
                }
                zipIn.closeEntry();
            }
@@ -466,4 +456,24 @@ public class TaskManager {
        }
        return null;
    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the job key that owns a given file ID.
+     *
+     * @param fileId file identifier to look up
+     * @return scoped job key if found, otherwise null
+     */
+    public String findJobKeyByFileId(String fileId) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JobResult> entry : jobResults.entrySet()) {
+            JobResult jobResult = entry.getValue();
+            if (jobResult.hasFiles()) {
+                for (ResultFile resultFile : jobResult.getAllResultFiles()) {
+                    if (fileId.equals(resultFile.getFileId())) {
+                        return entry.getKey();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ public interface UserServiceInterface {

    String getCurrentUsername();

+    String getCurrentUserApiKey();
+
    long getTotalUsersCount();

    boolean isCurrentUserAdmin();
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
@@ -30,15 +31,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
@UtilityClass
 public class CbzUtils {

-    public byte[] convertCbzToPdf(
-            MultipartFile cbzFile,
-            CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory,
-            TempFileManager tempFileManager)
-            throws IOException {
-        return convertCbzToPdf(cbzFile, pdfDocumentFactory, tempFileManager, false);
-    }
-
-    public byte[] convertCbzToPdf(
+    public TempFile convertCbzToPdf(
            MultipartFile cbzFile,
            CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory,
            TempFileManager tempFileManager,
@@ -64,70 +57,90 @@ public class CbzUtils {

            try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocument();
                    ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(tempFile.getFile())) {
+
+                // Pass 1: collect sorted image names (cheap just strings, no image data)
+                List<String> sortedImageNames = new ArrayList<>();
                Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> entries = zipFile.entries();
-                List<ImageEntryData> imageEntries = new ArrayList<>();
                while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
                    ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
                    if (!entry.isDirectory() && isImageFile(entry.getName())) {
-                        try (InputStream is = zipFile.getInputStream(entry)) {
-                            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                            is.transferTo(baos);
-                            imageEntries.add(
-                                    new ImageEntryData(entry.getName(), baos.toByteArray()));
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            log.warn("Error reading image {}: {}", entry.getName(), e.getMessage());
-                        }
+                        sortedImageNames.add(entry.getName());
                    }
                }
+                sortedImageNames.sort(new NaturalOrderComparator());

-                imageEntries.sort(
-                        Comparator.comparing(ImageEntryData::name, new NaturalOrderComparator()));
-
-                if (imageEntries.isEmpty()) {
+                if (sortedImageNames.isEmpty()) {
                    throw ExceptionUtils.createCbzNoImagesException();
                }

-                for (ImageEntryData imageEntry : imageEntries) {
-                    try {
-                        PDImageXObject pdImage =
-                                PDImageXObject.createFromByteArray(
-                                        document, imageEntry.data(), imageEntry.name());
-                        PDPage page =
-                                new PDPage(
-                                        new PDRectangle(pdImage.getWidth(), pdImage.getHeight()));
-                        document.addPage(page);
-                        try (PDPageContentStream contentStream =
-                                new PDPageContentStream(
-                                        document,
-                                        page,
-                                        PDPageContentStream.AppendMode.OVERWRITE,
-                                        true,
-                                        true)) {
-                            contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, 0, 0);
+                // Pass 2: load ONE image at a time peak memory = max(single image)
+                for (String imageName : sortedImageNames) {
+                    ZipEntry entry = zipFile.getEntry(imageName);
+                    try (InputStream is = zipFile.getInputStream(entry)) {
+                        ByteArrayOutputStream imgBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                        is.transferTo(imgBaos);
+                        byte[] imageBytes = imgBaos.toByteArray();
+                        try {
+                            PDImageXObject pdImage =
+                                    PDImageXObject.createFromByteArray(
+                                            document, imageBytes, imageName);
+                            PDPage page =
+                                    new PDPage(
+                                            new PDRectangle(
+                                                    pdImage.getWidth(), pdImage.getHeight()));
+                            document.addPage(page);
+                            try (PDPageContentStream contentStream =
+                                    new PDPageContentStream(
+                                            document,
+                                            page,
+                                            PDPageContentStream.AppendMode.OVERWRITE,
+                                            true,
+                                            true)) {
+                                contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, 0, 0);
+                            }
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            log.warn("Error processing image {}: {}", imageName, e.getMessage());
                        }
+                        // imageBytes eligible for GC after each iteration
                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        log.warn(
-                                "Error processing image {}: {}", imageEntry.name(), e.getMessage());
+                        log.warn("Error reading image {}: {}", imageName, e.getMessage());
                    }
                }

                if (document.getNumberOfPages() == 0) {
                    throw ExceptionUtils.createCbzCorruptedImagesException();
                }
-                ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                document.save(baos);
-                byte[] pdfBytes = baos.toByteArray();

-                // Apply Ghostscript optimization if requested
-                if (optimizeForEbook) {
-                    try {
-                        return GeneralUtils.optimizePdfWithGhostscript(pdfBytes);
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        log.warn("Ghostscript optimization failed, returning unoptimized PDF", e);
+                // Write to TempFile (not BAOS)
+                TempFile pdfTempFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf");
+                try {
+                    document.save(pdfTempFile.getFile());
+
+                    if (optimizeForEbook) {
+                        try {
+                            byte[] pdfBytes = Files.readAllBytes(pdfTempFile.getPath());
+                            byte[] optimized = GeneralUtils.optimizePdfWithGhostscript(pdfBytes);
+                            pdfTempFile.close();
+                            TempFile optimizedFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf");
+                            try {
+                                Files.write(optimizedFile.getPath(), optimized);
+                                return optimizedFile;
+                            } catch (Exception e) {
+                                optimizedFile.close();
+                                throw e;
+                            }
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            log.warn(
+                                    "Ghostscript optimization failed, returning unoptimized PDF",
+                                    e);
+                        }
                    }
-                }

-                return pdfBytes;
+                    return pdfTempFile;
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    pdfTempFile.close();
+                    throw e;
+                }
            }
        }
    }
@@ -175,8 +188,6 @@ public class CbzUtils {
        return RegexPatternUtils.getInstance().getImageFilePattern().matcher(filename).matches();
    }

-    private record ImageEntryData(String name, byte[] data) {}
-
    private class NaturalOrderComparator implements Comparator<String> {
        @Override
        public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
@@ -13,11 +13,18 @@ public class EmlToPdf {

    public static String convertEmlToHtml(byte[] emlBytes, EmlToPdfRequest request)
            throws IOException {
+        return convertEmlToHtml(emlBytes, request, null);
+    }
+
+    public static String convertEmlToHtml(
+            byte[] emlBytes, EmlToPdfRequest request, CustomHtmlSanitizer customHtmlSanitizer)
+            throws IOException {
        EmlProcessingUtils.validateEmlInput(emlBytes);

        EmlParser.EmailContent emailContent =
-                EmlParser.extractEmailContent(emlBytes, request, null);
-        return EmlProcessingUtils.generateEnhancedEmailHtml(emailContent, request, null);
+                EmlParser.extractEmailContent(emlBytes, request, customHtmlSanitizer);
+        return EmlProcessingUtils.generateEnhancedEmailHtml(
+                emailContent, request, customHtmlSanitizer);
    }

    public static byte[] convertEmlToPdf(
@@ -2,30 +2,28 @@ package stirling.software.common.util;

 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;

-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+/**
+ * Factory for creating executors backed by virtual threads (Java 21+). Virtual threads are
+ * lightweight, managed by the JVM, and ideal for I/O-bound tasks. They eliminate the need for
+ * thread pool sizing since thousands can run concurrently with minimal overhead.
+ */
+public final class ExecutorFactory {

-@Slf4j
-public class ExecutorFactory {
+    private ExecutorFactory() {}
+
+    /** Creates an {@link ExecutorService} that starts a new virtual thread for each task. */
+    public static ExecutorService newVirtualThreadExecutor() {
+        return Executors.newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor();
+    }

    /**
-     * Creates an ExecutorService using virtual threads if available (Java 21+), or falls back to a
-     * cached thread pool on older Java versions.
+     * Creates a {@link ScheduledExecutorService} backed by a single virtual thread. Useful for
+     * periodic/delayed tasks that should not pin a platform thread.
     */
-    public static ExecutorService newVirtualOrCachedThreadExecutor() {
-        try {
-            ExecutorService executor =
-                    (ExecutorService)
-                            Executors.class
-                                    .getMethod("newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor")
-                                    .invoke(null);
-            return executor;
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-            log.debug("Virtual threads not available; falling back to cached thread pool.");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.debug("Error initializing virtual thread executor: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-
-        return Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+    public static ScheduledExecutorService newSingleVirtualThreadScheduledExecutor() {
+        return Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+                Thread.ofVirtual().name("scheduled-vt-", 0).factory());
    }
 }
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ public class FileMonitor {

        if (this.rootDirs.isEmpty()) {
            log.error("No valid directories to monitor - FileMonitor will not function");
+        } else {
+            // Register directories eagerly so the first @Scheduled tick does not warn.
+            for (Path rootDir : this.rootDirs) {
+                if (Files.exists(rootDir)) {
+                    try {
+                        recursivelyRegisterEntry(rootDir);
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to register monitoring for {}", rootDir, e);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -101,8 +112,6 @@ public class FileMonitor {
         All files observed changes in the last iteration will be considered as staging files.
         If those files are not modified in current iteration, they will be considered as ready for processing.
        */
-        stagingFiles = new HashSet<>(newlyDiscoveredFiles);
-        readyForProcessingFiles.clear();

        if (path2KeyMapping.isEmpty()) {
            log.warn("Not monitoring any directories; attempting to re-register root paths.");
@@ -118,8 +127,19 @@ public class FileMonitor {
            }
        }

-        WatchKey key;
-        while ((key = watchService.poll()) != null) {
+        // Skip expensive collection work when there is nothing to track
+        WatchKey firstKey = watchService.poll();
+        if (firstKey == null
+                && newlyDiscoveredFiles.isEmpty()
+                && readyForProcessingFiles.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        stagingFiles = new HashSet<>(newlyDiscoveredFiles);
+        readyForProcessingFiles.clear();
+
+        WatchKey key = firstKey;
+        while (key != null) {
            final Path watchingDir = (Path) key.watchable();
            key.pollEvents()
                    .forEach(
@@ -156,6 +176,7 @@ public class FileMonitor {
            if (!isKeyValid) { // key is invalid when the directory itself is no longer exists
                path2KeyMapping.remove((Path) key.watchable());
            }
+            key = watchService.poll();
        }
        readyForProcessingFiles.addAll(stagingFiles);
    }
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
+import java.nio.channels.OverlappingFileLockException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.AutoPipeline.FileReadiness;
+
+/**
+ * Stateless safety checker that decides whether a file is stable and ready for pipeline processing.
+ * Call {@link #isReady(Path)} before moving or processing any file picked up from a watched folder.
+ *
+ * <p>A file is considered ready when ALL of the following hold:
+ *
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>The file exists on disk.
+ *   <li>The path refers to a regular file, not a directory.
+ *   <li>The file's extension matches the configured allow-list (if one is set).
+ *   <li>The file has not been modified within the configured settle window ({@code
+ *       settleTimeMillis}), meaning it is no longer being written.
+ *   <li>The file size is stable: two reads separated by {@code sizeCheckDelayMillis} return the
+ *       same value. This catches active copies on Linux/macOS where advisory file locking alone
+ *       cannot detect a mid-copy file.
+ *   <li>An exclusive file-system lock can be acquired, confirming no other process holds it.
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * <p>All behaviour is controlled through {@link FileReadiness} inside {@link
+ * ApplicationProperties.AutoPipeline}. Setting {@code enabled: false} makes every call return
+ * {@code true} so the checker is a no-op drop-in.
+ */
+@Component
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
+public class FileReadinessChecker {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when the file at {@code path} passes every readiness check and is safe
+     * to hand off to the pipeline for processing. Returns {@code false} when any check fails; the
+     * caller should skip the file and retry on the next scan cycle.
+     */
+    public boolean isReady(Path path) {
+        FileReadiness config = applicationProperties.getAutoPipeline().getFileReadiness();
+
+        if (!config.isEnabled()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!existsAsRegularFile(path)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!isExtensionAllowed(path, config.getAllowedExtensions())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!hasSettled(path, config.getSettleTimeMillis())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!hasSizeStabilized(path, config.getSizeCheckDelayMillis())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (isLocked(path)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Individual checks
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    private boolean existsAsRegularFile(Path path) {
+        if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+            log.debug("File does not exist, skipping: {}", path);
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!Files.isRegularFile(path)) {
+            log.debug("Path is not a regular file (directory or symlink?), skipping: {}", path);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when {@code allowedExtensions} is empty (no filter) or when the file's
+     * extension (case-insensitive) appears in the list.
+     */
+    private boolean isExtensionAllowed(Path path, List<String> allowedExtensions) {
+        if (allowedExtensions == null || allowedExtensions.isEmpty()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        String filename = path.getFileName().toString();
+        String extension =
+                filename.contains(".")
+                        ? filename.substring(filename.lastIndexOf('.') + 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
+                        : "";
+        boolean allowed =
+                allowedExtensions.stream().anyMatch(ext -> ext.equalsIgnoreCase(extension));
+        if (!allowed) {
+            log.debug(
+                    "File '{}' has extension '{}' which is not in the allowed list {}, skipping",
+                    filename,
+                    extension,
+                    allowedExtensions);
+        }
+        return allowed;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when the file's last-modified timestamp is at least {@code
+     * settleTimeMillis} milliseconds in the past, indicating the write has completed and the file
+     * has "settled".
+     */
+    private boolean hasSettled(Path path, long settleTimeMillis) {
+        try {
+            long lastModified = Files.getLastModifiedTime(path).toMillis();
+            long ageMillis = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastModified;
+            boolean settled = ageMillis >= settleTimeMillis;
+            if (!settled) {
+                log.debug(
+                        "File '{}' was modified {}ms ago (settle threshold: {}ms), not yet ready",
+                        path.getFileName(),
+                        ageMillis,
+                        settleTimeMillis);
+            }
+            return settled;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.warn(
+                    "Could not read last-modified time for '{}', treating as not settled: {}",
+                    path,
+                    e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when the file size is the same before and after a short pause of {@code
+     * sizeCheckDelayMillis} milliseconds. A size change indicates another process is still
+     * appending to the file. This is the primary write-detection mechanism on Linux/macOS, where
+     * mandatory file locking is not enforced by the OS.
+     */
+    private boolean hasSizeStabilized(Path path, long sizeCheckDelayMillis) {
+        try {
+            long sizeBefore = Files.size(path);
+            Thread.sleep(sizeCheckDelayMillis);
+            long sizeAfter = Files.size(path);
+            boolean stable = sizeBefore == sizeAfter;
+            if (!stable) {
+                log.debug(
+                        "File '{}' size changed from {} to {} bytes during stability check,"
+                                + " not yet ready",
+                        path.getFileName(),
+                        sizeBefore,
+                        sizeAfter);
+            }
+            return stable;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.warn(
+                    "Could not read file size for '{}', treating as unstable: {}",
+                    path,
+                    e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            log.warn(
+                    "Size stability check interrupted for '{}', treating as unstable",
+                    path.getFileName());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when an exclusive file-system lock cannot be acquired, which indicates
+     * another process still holds the file open for writing.
+     *
+     * <p>{@link OverlappingFileLockException} is also treated as locked: the JVM already holds a
+     * lock on this file (e.g. from another thread), so it is unsafe to process.
+     */
+    private boolean isLocked(Path path) {
+        try (RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(path.toFile(), "rw");
+                FileChannel channel = raf.getChannel()) {
+            FileLock lock = channel.tryLock();
+            if (lock == null) {
+                log.debug("File '{}' is locked by another process", path.getFileName());
+                return true;
+            }
+            lock.release();
+            return false;
+        } catch (OverlappingFileLockException e) {
+            log.debug("File '{}' is already locked by this JVM", path.getFileName());
+            return true;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.debug(
+                    "Could not acquire lock on '{}', treating as locked: {}",
+                    path.getFileName(),
+                    e.getMessage());
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ public class FileToPdf {
                            sanitizeHtmlContent(
                                    new String(fileBytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
                                    customHtmlSanitizer);
-                    Files.write(
-                            tempInputFile.getPath(),
-                            sanitizedHtml.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                    Files.writeString(tempInputFile.getPath(), sanitizedHtml);
                } else if (fileName.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith(".zip")) {
                    Files.write(tempInputFile.getPath(), fileBytes);
                    sanitizeHtmlFilesInZip(
@@ -100,6 +98,13 @@ public class FileToPdf {
                while (entry != null) {
                    Path filePath =
                            tempUnzippedDir.getPath().resolve(sanitizeZipFilename(entry.getName()));
+                    Path normalizedTargetDir =
+                            tempUnzippedDir.getPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+                    Path normalizedFilePath = filePath.toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+                    if (!normalizedFilePath.startsWith(normalizedTargetDir)) {
+                        throw new IOException(
+                                "Zip entry path escapes target directory: " + entry.getName());
+                    }
                    if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
                        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
                        if (entry.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith(".html")
@@ -108,8 +113,7 @@ public class FileToPdf {
                                    new String(zipIn.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                            String sanitizedContent =
                                    sanitizeHtmlContent(content, customHtmlSanitizer);
-                            Files.write(
-                                    filePath, sanitizedContent.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                            Files.writeString(filePath, sanitizedContent);
                        } else {
                            Files.copy(zipIn, filePath);
                        }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package stirling.software.proprietary.util;
+package stirling.software.common.util;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package stirling.software.proprietary.util;
+package stirling.software.common.util;

 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;

 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSArray;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase;
@@ -49,9 +50,6 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
 import stirling.software.common.model.FormFieldWithCoordinates;
-import stirling.software.common.util.ApplicationContextProvider;
-import stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils;
-import stirling.software.common.util.RegexPatternUtils;

@Slf4j
@UtilityClass
@@ -77,6 +75,10 @@ public class FormUtils {
     */
    private static final float SAME_LINE_THRESHOLD_PT = 10.0f;

+    private static final Pattern HEX_UUID_PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile("^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}[0-9a-fA-F]{24,}$");
+    private static final Pattern WHITESPACE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\s+");
+
    /**
     * Returns a normalized logical type string for the supplied PDFBox field instance. Centralized
     * so all callers share identical mapping logic.
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ public class FormUtils {
                continue;
            }

-            String currentValue = safeValue(terminalField);
+            String currentValue = safeFieldValue(terminalField);
            boolean required = field.isRequired();
            int pageIndex = resolveFirstWidgetPageIndex(document, terminalField, annotationPageMap);
            List<String> options = resolveOptions(terminalField);
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ public class FormUtils {
                continue;
            }

-            String currentValue = safeValue(terminalField);
+            String currentValue = safeFieldValue(terminalField);
            boolean required = field.isRequired();
            boolean readOnly = field.isReadOnly();
            List<String> options = resolveOptions(terminalField);
@@ -1237,7 +1239,11 @@ public class FormUtils {
        return states;
    }

-    private String safeValue(PDTerminalField field) {
+    public String safeValue(String value) {
+        return value != null ? value : "";
+    }
+
+    private String safeFieldValue(PDTerminalField field) {
        try {
            // PDChoice.getValueAsString() returns a raw COS string representation
            // that doesn't reliably reflect the selected value. Use getValue()
@@ -1356,7 +1362,7 @@ public class FormUtils {
            if (da != null && !da.isBlank()) {
                // Standard DA looks like: /Helv 12 Tf 0 g
                // We want the number before 'Tf'
-                String[] tokens = da.split("\\s+");
+                String[] tokens = WHITESPACE_PATTERN.split(da);
                for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
                    if ("Tf".equals(tokens[i]) && i > 0) {
                        try {
@@ -1456,9 +1462,8 @@ public class FormUtils {
        // Detect UUID-like hex strings (e.g. "cdc47b7041524571 7b2d93017fe77bf7")
        // Standard UUIDs are 32 hex characters; require at least that to avoid
        // false positives on short hex-like field names.
-        String nospaces = simplified.replaceAll("\\s+", "");
-        if (nospaces.length() >= 32 && nospaces.matches("^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}[0-9a-fA-F]{24,}$"))
-            return true;
+        String nospaces = WHITESPACE_PATTERN.matcher(simplified).replaceAll("");
+        if (nospaces.length() >= 32 && HEX_UUID_PATTERN.matcher(nospaces).matches()) return true;

        return patterns.getGenericFieldNamePattern().matcher(simplified).matches()
                || patterns.getSimpleFormFieldPattern().matcher(simplified).matches()
@@ -649,8 +649,10 @@ public class GeneralUtils {
    }

    public List<Integer> parsePageList(String[] pages, int totalPages, boolean oneBased) {
-        List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        // Use LinkedHashSet to prevent duplicates from inflating size and triggering maxSize guard
+        Set<Integer> result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
        int offset = oneBased ? 1 : 0;
+        int maxSize = Math.max(1000, totalPages * 3);
        for (String page : pages) {
            if ("all".equalsIgnoreCase(page)) {

@@ -666,8 +668,12 @@ public class GeneralUtils {
            } else {
                result.addAll(handlePart(page, totalPages, offset));
            }
+            if (result.size() > maxSize) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Page list exceeds maximum allowed size of " + maxSize);
+            }
        }
-        return result;
+        return new ArrayList<>(result);
    }

    /*
@@ -867,6 +873,36 @@ public class GeneralUtils {
        settingsYaml.saveOverride(settingsPath);
    }

+    /**
+     * Updates multiple settings in a single transaction. This ensures that nested settings (e.g.,
+     * oauth2.client.google.*) don't lose sibling values when partial updates are made.
+     *
+     * <p>Instead of multiple read-update-write cycles (which could cause race conditions), this
+     * method loads the YAML once, applies all updates, and saves once.
+     *
+     * @param settingsMap Map of dotted-notation keys to values to update
+     * @throws IOException if file read/write fails
+     */
+    public void updateSettingsTransactional(Map<String, Object> settingsMap) throws IOException {
+        if (settingsMap == null || settingsMap.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Path settingsPath = Paths.get(InstallationPathConfig.getSettingsPath());
+        YamlHelper settingsYaml = new YamlHelper(settingsPath);
+
+        // Apply all updates to the same YamlHelper instance
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : settingsMap.entrySet()) {
+            String key = entry.getKey();
+            Object value = entry.getValue();
+            String[] keyArray = key.split("\\.");
+            settingsYaml.updateValue(Arrays.asList(keyArray), value);
+        }
+
+        // Save only once after all updates are applied
+        settingsYaml.saveOverride(settingsPath);
+    }
+
    /*
     * Machine fingerprint generation with better error logging and fallbacks.
     *
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ import stirling.software.common.util.ProcessExecutor.ProcessExecutorResult;
@Slf4j
 public class PDFToFile {

+    private static final Pattern PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile("(!\\[.*?\\])\\((?!images/)([^/)][^)]*?)\\)");
    private final TempFileManager tempFileManager;
    private final RuntimePathConfig runtimePathConfig;

@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ public class PDFToFile {
    private String updateImageReferences(String markdown) {
        // Match markdown image syntax: ![alt text](image.png)
        // Only update if the path doesn't already start with images/
-        return markdown.replaceAll("(!\\[.*?\\])\\((?!images/)([^/)][^)]*?)\\)", "$1(images/$2)");
+        return PATTERN.matcher(markdown).replaceAll("$1(images/$2)");
    }

    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> processPdfToHtml(MultipartFile inputFile)
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package stirling.software.common.util;

 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
@Slf4j
 public class PdfToCbzUtils {

-    public static byte[] convertPdfToCbz(
-            MultipartFile pdfFile, int dpi, CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory)
+    public static TempFile convertPdfToCbz(
+            MultipartFile pdfFile,
+            int dpi,
+            CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory,
+            TempFileManager tempFileManager)
            throws IOException {

        validatePdfFile(pdfFile);
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ public class PdfToCbzUtils {
                throw ExceptionUtils.createPdfNoPages();
            }

-            return createCbzFromPdf(document, dpi);
+            return createCbzFromPdf(document, dpi, tempFileManager);
        }
    }

@@ -53,46 +56,49 @@ public class PdfToCbzUtils {
        }
    }

-    private static byte[] createCbzFromPdf(PDDocument document, int dpi) throws IOException {
+    private static TempFile createCbzFromPdf(
+            PDDocument document, int dpi, TempFileManager tempFileManager) throws IOException {
        PDFRenderer pdfRenderer = new PDFRenderer(document);
        pdfRenderer.setSubsamplingAllowed(true); // Enable subsampling to reduce memory usage

-        try (ByteArrayOutputStream cbzOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                ZipOutputStream zipOut = new ZipOutputStream(cbzOutputStream)) {
+        TempFile cbzTempFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".cbz");
+        try {
+            try (ZipOutputStream zipOut =
+                    new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(cbzTempFile.getPath()))) {

-            int totalPages = document.getNumberOfPages();
+                int totalPages = document.getNumberOfPages();

-            for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < totalPages; pageIndex++) {
-                final int currentPage = pageIndex;
-                try {
-                    BufferedImage image =
-                            ExceptionUtils.handleOomRendering(
-                                    currentPage + 1,
-                                    dpi,
-                                    () ->
-                                            pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(
-                                                    currentPage, dpi, ImageType.RGB));
+                for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < totalPages; pageIndex++) {
+                    final int currentPage = pageIndex;
+                    try {
+                        BufferedImage image =
+                                ExceptionUtils.handleOomRendering(
+                                        currentPage + 1,
+                                        dpi,
+                                        () ->
+                                                pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(
+                                                        currentPage, dpi, ImageType.RGB));

-                    String imageFilename =
-                            String.format(Locale.ROOT, "page_%03d.png", currentPage + 1);
-                    ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(imageFilename);
-                    zipOut.putNextEntry(zipEntry);
+                        String imageFilename =
+                                String.format(Locale.ROOT, "page_%03d.png", currentPage + 1);
+                        zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(imageFilename));
+                        ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", zipOut);
+                        zipOut.closeEntry();

-                    ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", zipOut);
-                    zipOut.closeEntry();
-
-                } catch (ExceptionUtils.OutOfMemoryDpiException e) {
-                    // Re-throw OOM exceptions without wrapping
-                    throw e;
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    // Wrap other IOExceptions with context
-                    throw ExceptionUtils.createFileProcessingException(
-                            "CBZ creation for page " + (currentPage + 1), e);
+                    } catch (ExceptionUtils.OutOfMemoryDpiException e) {
+                        // Re-throw OOM exceptions without wrapping
+                        throw e;
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        // Wrap other IOExceptions with context
+                        throw ExceptionUtils.createFileProcessingException(
+                                "CBZ creation for page " + (currentPage + 1), e);
+                    }
                }
            }
-
-            zipOut.finish();
-            return cbzOutputStream.toByteArray();
+            return cbzTempFile;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            cbzTempFile.close();
+            throw e;
        }
    }

@@ -219,58 +219,31 @@ public class PdfUtils {
                    int maxWidth = 0;
                    int totalHeight = 0;

-                    BufferedImage pdfSizeImage = null;
-                    int pdfSizeImageIndex = -1;
-
-                    // Using a map to store the rendered dimensions of each page size
-                    // to avoid rendering the same page sizes multiple times
+                    // Using a map to store the calculated dimensions of each page size
                    HashMap<PdfRenderSettingsKey, PdfImageDimensionValue> pageSizes =
                            new HashMap<>();
                    for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; ++i) {
-                        final int pageIndex = i;
                        PDPage page = document.getPage(i);
-                        PDRectangle mediaBox = page.getMediaBox();
+                        PDRectangle cropBox = page.getCropBox();
                        int rotation = page.getRotation();
                        PdfRenderSettingsKey settings =
                                new PdfRenderSettingsKey(
-                                        mediaBox.getWidth(), mediaBox.getHeight(), rotation);
+                                        cropBox.getWidth(), cropBox.getHeight(), rotation);
                        PdfImageDimensionValue dimension = pageSizes.get(settings);
                        if (dimension == null) {
-                            // Render the image to get the dimensions
-                            try {
-                                // Validate dimensions before rendering
-                                ExceptionUtils.validateRenderingDimensions(
-                                        page, pageIndex + 1, DPI);
-
-                                pdfSizeImage =
-                                        ExceptionUtils.handleOomRendering(
-                                                pageIndex + 1,
-                                                DPI,
-                                                () ->
-                                                        pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(
-                                                                pageIndex, DPI, colorType));
-                            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                                if (e.getMessage() != null
-                                        && e.getMessage()
-                                                .contains("Maximum size of image exceeded")) {
-                                    throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
-                                            "error.pageTooBigExceedsArray",
-                                            "PDF page {0} is too large to render at {1} DPI. The"
-                                                    + " resulting image would exceed Java's maximum"
-                                                    + " array size. Please try a lower DPI value"
-                                                    + " (recommended: 150 or less).",
-                                            i + 1,
-                                            DPI);
-                                }
-                                throw e;
+                            float scale = DPI / 72f;
+                            int widthPx = (int) Math.max(Math.floor(cropBox.getWidth() * scale), 1);
+                            int heightPx =
+                                    (int) Math.max(Math.floor(cropBox.getHeight() * scale), 1);
+                            if (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270) {
+                                int tmp = widthPx;
+                                widthPx = heightPx;
+                                heightPx = tmp;
                            }
-                            pdfSizeImageIndex = i;
-                            dimension =
-                                    new PdfImageDimensionValue(
-                                            pdfSizeImage.getWidth(), pdfSizeImage.getHeight());
+                            dimension = new PdfImageDimensionValue(widthPx, heightPx);
                            pageSizes.put(settings, dimension);
-                            if (pdfSizeImage.getWidth() > maxWidth) {
-                                maxWidth = pdfSizeImage.getWidth();
+                            if (widthPx > maxWidth) {
+                                maxWidth = widthPx;
                            }
                        }
                        totalHeight += dimension.height();
@@ -284,40 +257,32 @@ public class PdfUtils {
                    int currentHeight = 0;
                    BufferedImage pageImage;

-                    // Check if the first image is the last rendered image
-                    boolean firstImageAlreadyRendered = pdfSizeImageIndex == 0;
-
                    for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; ++i) {
                        final int pageIndex = i;
-                        if (firstImageAlreadyRendered && i == 0) {
-                            pageImage = pdfSizeImage;
-                        } else {
-                            try {
-                                // Validate dimensions before rendering
-                                ExceptionUtils.validateRenderingDimensions(
-                                        document.getPage(pageIndex), pageIndex + 1, DPI);
+                        try {
+                            // Validate dimensions before rendering
+                            ExceptionUtils.validateRenderingDimensions(
+                                    document.getPage(pageIndex), pageIndex + 1, DPI);

-                                pageImage =
-                                        ExceptionUtils.handleOomRendering(
-                                                pageIndex + 1,
-                                                DPI,
-                                                () ->
-                                                        pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(
-                                                                pageIndex, DPI, colorType));
-                            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                                if (e.getMessage() != null
-                                        && e.getMessage()
-                                                .contains("Maximum size of image exceeded")) {
-                                    throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
-                                            "error.pageTooBigForDpi",
-                                            "PDF page {0} is too large to render at {1} DPI. Please"
-                                                    + " try a lower DPI value (recommended: 150 or"
-                                                    + " less).",
-                                            i + 1,
-                                            DPI);
-                                }
-                                throw e;
+                            pageImage =
+                                    ExceptionUtils.handleOomRendering(
+                                            pageIndex + 1,
+                                            DPI,
+                                            () ->
+                                                    pdfRenderer.renderImageWithDPI(
+                                                            pageIndex, DPI, colorType));
+                        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                            if (e.getMessage() != null
+                                    && e.getMessage().contains("Maximum size of image exceeded")) {
+                                throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
+                                        "error.pageTooBigForDpi",
+                                        "PDF page {0} is too large to render at {1} DPI. Please"
+                                                + " try a lower DPI value (recommended: 150 or"
+                                                + " less).",
+                                        i + 1,
+                                        DPI);
                            }
+                            throw e;
                        }

                        // Calculate the x-coordinate to center the image
@@ -226,50 +226,54 @@ public class ProcessExecutor {
            List<String> outputLines = new ArrayList<>();

            Thread errorReaderThread =
-                    new Thread(
-                            () -> {
-                                try (BufferedReader errorReader =
-                                        new BufferedReader(
-                                                new InputStreamReader(
-                                                        process.getErrorStream(),
-                                                        StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-                                    String line;
-                                    while ((line =
-                                                    BoundedLineReader.readLine(
-                                                            errorReader, 5_000_000))
-                                            != null) {
-                                        errorLines.add(line);
-                                        if (liveUpdates) log.info(line);
-                                    }
-                                } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
-                                    log.warn("Error reader thread was interrupted due to timeout.");
-                                } catch (IOException e) {
-                                    log.error("exception", e);
-                                }
-                            });
+                    Thread.ofVirtual()
+                            .unstarted(
+                                    () -> {
+                                        try (BufferedReader errorReader =
+                                                new BufferedReader(
+                                                        new InputStreamReader(
+                                                                process.getErrorStream(),
+                                                                StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+                                            String line;
+                                            while ((line =
+                                                            BoundedLineReader.readLine(
+                                                                    errorReader, 5_000_000))
+                                                    != null) {
+                                                errorLines.add(line);
+                                                if (liveUpdates) log.info(line);
+                                            }
+                                        } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
+                                            log.warn(
+                                                    "Error reader thread was interrupted due to timeout.");
+                                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                                            log.error("exception", e);
+                                        }
+                                    });

            Thread outputReaderThread =
-                    new Thread(
-                            () -> {
-                                try (BufferedReader outputReader =
-                                        new BufferedReader(
-                                                new InputStreamReader(
-                                                        process.getInputStream(),
-                                                        StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-                                    String line;
-                                    while ((line =
-                                                    BoundedLineReader.readLine(
-                                                            outputReader, 5_000_000))
-                                            != null) {
-                                        outputLines.add(line);
-                                        if (liveUpdates) log.info(line);
-                                    }
-                                } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
-                                    log.warn("Error reader thread was interrupted due to timeout.");
-                                } catch (IOException e) {
-                                    log.error("exception", e);
-                                }
-                            });
+                    Thread.ofVirtual()
+                            .unstarted(
+                                    () -> {
+                                        try (BufferedReader outputReader =
+                                                new BufferedReader(
+                                                        new InputStreamReader(
+                                                                process.getInputStream(),
+                                                                StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+                                            String line;
+                                            while ((line =
+                                                            BoundedLineReader.readLine(
+                                                                    outputReader, 5_000_000))
+                                                    != null) {
+                                                outputLines.add(line);
+                                                if (liveUpdates) log.info(line);
+                                            }
+                                        } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
+                                            log.warn(
+                                                    "Error reader thread was interrupted due to timeout.");
+                                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                                            log.error("exception", e);
+                                        }
+                                    });

            errorReaderThread.start();
            outputReaderThread.start();
@@ -370,7 +374,7 @@ public class ProcessExecutor {
            }
            // Match common unoconvert variants (but NOT soffice)
            String lowerBasename = basename.toLowerCase(java.util.Locale.ROOT);
-            if (lowerBasename.contains("unoconvert") || lowerBasename.equals("unoconv")) {
+            if (lowerBasename.contains("unoconvert") || "unoconv".equals(lowerBasename)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
        // Blocklist of backend/non-frontend paths that should still go through filters
        String[] backendOnlyPrefixes = {
            "/register",
-            "/invite",
            "/pipeline",
            "/pdfjs",
            "/pdfjs-legacy",
@@ -181,7 +180,9 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
                || trimmedUri.startsWith("/readiness")
                || trimmedUri.startsWith(
                        "/api/v1/mobile-scanner/") // Mobile scanner endpoints (no auth)
-                || trimmedUri.startsWith("/v1/api-docs");
+                || trimmedUri.startsWith("/v1/api-docs")
+                // Workflow participant endpoints — access controlled by share tokens, not login
+                || trimmedUri.startsWith("/api/v1/workflow/participant/");
    }

    private static String stripContextPath(String contextPath, String requestURI) {
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class SvgSanitizer {
    private static final Pattern DATA_SCRIPT_PATTERN =
            Pattern.compile(
                    "^\\s*data\\s*:[^,]*(?:script|javascript|vbscript)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+    private static final Pattern NULL_BYTE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\u0000");
    private final SsrfProtectionService ssrfProtectionService;
    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;

@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class SvgSanitizer {
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();

        factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
-
+        factory.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true);
        factory.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false);
        factory.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities", false);
        factory.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd", false);
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ public class SvgSanitizer {

        String result = url.trim();

-        result = result.replaceAll("\u0000", "");
+        result = NULL_BYTE_PATTERN.matcher(result).replaceAll("");

        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            try {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class YamlHelper {
            mappingNode.getValue().clear();
            mappingNode.getValue().addAll(updatedTuples);
        }
-        setNewNode(node);
+        updatedRootNode = node;

        return updated;
    }
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public abstract class ReplaceAndInvertColorStrategy extends PDFFile {

    public ReplaceAndInvertColorStrategy(MultipartFile file, ReplaceAndInvert replaceAndInvert) {
        setFileInput(file);
-        setReplaceAndInvert(replaceAndInvert);
+        this.replaceAndInvert = replaceAndInvert;
    }

    public abstract InputStreamResource replace() throws IOException;
@@ -4,18 +4,23 @@ import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;

-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

 import stirling.software.common.model.api.security.RedactionArea;

+import tools.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import tools.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
@Slf4j
 public class StringToArrayListPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

-    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper =
+            JsonMapper.builder()
+                    .enable(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY)
+                    .disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES)
+                    .build();

    @Override
    public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -24,7 +29,6 @@ public class StringToArrayListPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
            return;
        }
        try {
-            objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);
            TypeReference<ArrayList<RedactionArea>> typeRef = new TypeReference<>() {};
            List<RedactionArea> list = objectMapper.readValue(text, typeRef);
            setValue(list);
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;

-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;

 public class StringToMapPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

-    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = JsonMapper.builder().build();

    @Override
    public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ class SpyPDFDocumentFactory extends CustomPDFDocumentFactory {
    public StrategyType lastStrategyUsed;

    public SpyPDFDocumentFactory(PdfMetadataService service) {
-        super(service);
+        super(service); // TempFileManager falls back to Files.createTempFile in tests
    }

    @Override
-    public StreamCacheCreateFunction getStreamCacheFunction(long contentSize) {
+    protected StreamCacheCreateFunction getStreamCacheFunction(
+            long contentSize, MemorySnapshot mem) {
        StrategyType type;
        if (contentSize < 10 * 1024 * 1024) {
            type = StrategyType.MEMORY_ONLY;
@@ -26,6 +27,6 @@ class SpyPDFDocumentFactory extends CustomPDFDocumentFactory {
            type = StrategyType.TEMP_FILE;
        }
        this.lastStrategyUsed = type;
-        return super.getStreamCacheFunction(contentSize); // delegate to real behavior
+        return super.getStreamCacheFunction(contentSize, mem);
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
+
+class AppArgsCaptureTest {
+
+    private AppArgsCapture capture;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        capture = new AppArgsCapture();
+        AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.set(List.of());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void run_withArgs_capturesArgs() {
+        ApplicationArguments args = mock(ApplicationArguments.class);
+        when(args.getSourceArgs()).thenReturn(new String[] {"--server.port=8080", "--debug"});
+        capture.run(args);
+        assertEquals(List.of("--server.port=8080", "--debug"), AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void run_withNoArgs_capturesEmptyList() {
+        ApplicationArguments args = mock(ApplicationArguments.class);
+        when(args.getSourceArgs()).thenReturn(new String[] {});
+        capture.run(args);
+        assertEquals(List.of(), AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void run_calledTwice_overwritesPreviousArgs() {
+        ApplicationArguments args1 = mock(ApplicationArguments.class);
+        when(args1.getSourceArgs()).thenReturn(new String[] {"--first"});
+        capture.run(args1);
+        assertEquals(List.of("--first"), AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.get());
+
+        ApplicationArguments args2 = mock(ApplicationArguments.class);
+        when(args2.getSourceArgs()).thenReturn(new String[] {"--second", "--third"});
+        capture.run(args2);
+        assertEquals(List.of("--second", "--third"), AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void appArgs_defaultValue_isEmptyList() {
+        // After setUp resets it
+        assertTrue(AppArgsCapture.APP_ARGS.get().isEmpty());
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+
+class ApplicationContextProviderTest {
+
+    private ApplicationContextProvider provider;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        provider = new ApplicationContextProvider();
+        // Reset to null state
+        provider.setApplicationContext(null);
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    void tearDown() {
+        // Clean up static state
+        provider.setApplicationContext(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byClass_whenNoContext_returnsNull() {
+        provider.setApplicationContext(null);
+        assertNull(ApplicationContextProvider.getBean(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byClass_whenBeanExists_returnsBean() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean(String.class)).thenReturn("hello");
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertEquals("hello", ApplicationContextProvider.getBean(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byClass_whenBeanNotFound_returnsNull() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean(String.class)).thenThrow(new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(""));
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertNull(ApplicationContextProvider.getBean(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byNameAndClass_whenNoContext_returnsNull() {
+        provider.setApplicationContext(null);
+        assertNull(ApplicationContextProvider.getBean("myBean", String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byNameAndClass_whenBeanExists_returnsBean() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean("myBean", String.class)).thenReturn("world");
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertEquals("world", ApplicationContextProvider.getBean("myBean", String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBean_byNameAndClass_whenBeanNotFound_returnsNull() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean("missing", String.class)).thenThrow(new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(""));
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertNull(ApplicationContextProvider.getBean("missing", String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void containsBean_whenNoContext_returnsFalse() {
+        provider.setApplicationContext(null);
+        assertFalse(ApplicationContextProvider.containsBean(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void containsBean_whenBeanExists_returnsTrue() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean(String.class)).thenReturn("exists");
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertTrue(ApplicationContextProvider.containsBean(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void containsBean_whenBeanNotFound_returnsFalse() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean(Integer.class)).thenThrow(new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(""));
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertFalse(ApplicationContextProvider.containsBean(Integer.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void setApplicationContext_updatesStaticContext() {
+        ApplicationContext ctx = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx.getBean(String.class)).thenReturn("test");
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx);
+        assertEquals("test", ApplicationContextProvider.getBean(String.class));
+
+        // Now set a different context
+        ApplicationContext ctx2 = mock(ApplicationContext.class);
+        when(ctx2.getBean(String.class)).thenReturn("updated");
+        provider.setApplicationContext(ctx2);
+        assertEquals("updated", ApplicationContextProvider.getBean(String.class));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentCatalog;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PageMode;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class AttachmentUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should set page mode on catalog")
+    void setsPageMode() {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            AttachmentUtils.setCatalogViewerPreferences(document, PageMode.USE_ATTACHMENTS);
+
+            PDDocumentCatalog catalog = document.getDocumentCatalog();
+            assertEquals(PageMode.USE_ATTACHMENTS, catalog.getPageMode());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Should not throw: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should create viewer preferences dictionary if absent")
+    void createsViewerPreferences() {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            AttachmentUtils.setCatalogViewerPreferences(document, PageMode.USE_ATTACHMENTS);
+
+            COSDictionary catalogDict = document.getDocumentCatalog().getCOSObject();
+            COSDictionary viewerPrefs =
+                    (COSDictionary) catalogDict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.VIEWER_PREFERENCES);
+            assertNotNull(viewerPrefs);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Should not throw: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should set DisplayDocTitle to true in viewer preferences")
+    void setsDisplayDocTitle() {
+        try (PDDocument document = new PDDocument()) {
+            AttachmentUtils.setCatalogViewerPreferences(document, PageMode.USE_ATTACHMENTS);
+
+            COSDictionary catalogDict = document.getDocumentCatalog().getCOSObject();
+            COSDictionary viewerPrefs =
+                    (COSDictionary) catalogDict.getDictionaryObject(COSName.VIEWER_PREFERENCES);
+            assertTrue(viewerPrefs.getBoolean(COSName.getPDFName("DisplayDocTitle"), false));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Should not throw: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should not throw when catalog returns null from mocked document")
+    void handlesNullCatalogGracefully() {
+        PDDocument document = mock(PDDocument.class);
+        when(document.getDocumentCatalog()).thenReturn(null);
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(
+                () ->
+                        AttachmentUtils.setCatalogViewerPreferences(
+                                document, PageMode.USE_ATTACHMENTS));
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+class CbrUtilsTest {
+
+    // --- isCbrFile tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withCbrExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbr");
+        assertTrue(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withRarExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("archive.rar");
+        assertTrue(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withUpperCaseExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.CBR");
+        assertTrue(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withPdfExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("document.pdf");
+        assertFalse(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withNullFilename_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn(null);
+        assertFalse(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withCbzExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbz");
+        assertFalse(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withNoExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("noextension");
+        assertFalse(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbrFile_withMixedCaseRar_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("file.RaR");
+        assertTrue(CbrUtils.isCbrFile(file));
+    }
+
+    // --- convertCbrToPdf validation tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbrToPdf_withNullFile_throwsException() {
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbrUtils.convertCbrToPdf(null, null, null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbrToPdf_withEmptyFile_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(true);
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbrUtils.convertCbrToPdf(file, null, null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbrToPdf_withNullFilename_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn(null);
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbrUtils.convertCbrToPdf(file, null, null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbrToPdf_withWrongExtension_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("file.pdf");
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbrUtils.convertCbrToPdf(file, null, null));
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+class CbzUtilsTest {
+
+    // --- isCbzFile tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withCbzExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbz");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withZipExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("archive.zip");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withUpperCaseExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.CBZ");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withPdfExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("document.pdf");
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withNullFilename_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn(null);
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isCbzFile_withCbrExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbr");
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isCbzFile(file));
+    }
+
+    // --- isComicBookFile tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withCbzExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbz");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withZipExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("archive.zip");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withCbrExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.cbr");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withRarExtension_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("archive.rar");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withPdfExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("document.pdf");
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withNullFilename_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn(null);
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withUpperCaseCBR_returnsTrue() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("comic.CBR");
+        assertTrue(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void isComicBookFile_withNoExtension_returnsFalse() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("noextension");
+        assertFalse(CbzUtils.isComicBookFile(file));
+    }
+
+    // --- convertCbzToPdf validation tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbzToPdf_withNullFile_throwsException() {
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbzUtils.convertCbzToPdf(null, null, null, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbzToPdf_withEmptyFile_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(true);
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbzUtils.convertCbzToPdf(file, null, null, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbzToPdf_withNullFilename_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn(null);
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbzUtils.convertCbzToPdf(file, null, null, false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void convertCbzToPdf_withWrongExtension_throwsException() {
+        MultipartFile file = mock(MultipartFile.class);
+        when(file.isEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(file.getOriginalFilename()).thenReturn("file.pdf");
+        assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> CbzUtils.convertCbzToPdf(file, null, null, false));
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+class ChecksumUtilsAdditionalTest {
+
+    private static final byte[] HELLO = "hello".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+    @TempDir Path tempDir;
+
+    private Path writeFile(byte[] data) throws IOException {
+        Path file = tempDir.resolve("testfile.bin");
+        Files.write(file, data);
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    // --- checksum(Path, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumPath_sha256() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(file, "SHA-256");
+        assertEquals("2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824", hex);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumPath_md5() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(file, "MD5");
+        assertEquals("5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592", hex);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumPath_crc32() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(file, "CRC32");
+        assertEquals("3610a686", hex);
+    }
+
+    // --- checksum(InputStream, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumStream_adler32() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(is, "ADLER32");
+            assertNotNull(hex);
+            assertEquals(8, hex.length());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumStream_sha1() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(is, "SHA-1");
+            assertEquals("aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d", hex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumStream_unsupportedAlgorithm() {
+        assertThrows(
+                IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> {
+                    try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+                        ChecksumUtils.checksum(is, "FAKE-ALGO");
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+
+    // --- checksumBase64(Path, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumBase64Path_md5() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        String b64 = ChecksumUtils.checksumBase64(file, "MD5");
+        assertEquals("XUFAKrxLKna5cZ2REBfFkg==", b64);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumBase64Path_crc32() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        String b64 = ChecksumUtils.checksumBase64(file, "CRC32");
+        assertEquals("NhCmhg==", b64);
+    }
+
+    // --- checksumBase64(InputStream, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumBase64Stream_adler32() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            String b64 = ChecksumUtils.checksumBase64(is, "ADLER32");
+            assertNotNull(b64);
+            assertFalse(b64.isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumBase64Stream_sha256() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            String b64 = ChecksumUtils.checksumBase64(is, "SHA-256");
+            assertNotNull(b64);
+            assertFalse(b64.isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- checksums(Path, String...) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumsPath_multipleAlgorithms() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        Map<String, String> results = ChecksumUtils.checksums(file, "MD5", "SHA-256", "CRC32");
+        assertEquals(3, results.size());
+        assertEquals("5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592", results.get("MD5"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824",
+                results.get("SHA-256"));
+        assertEquals("3610a686", results.get("CRC32"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumsPath_preservesOrder() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        // Digests are output first, then Checksums (CRC32/ADLER32), per implementation
+        Map<String, String> results = ChecksumUtils.checksums(file, "MD5", "SHA-1");
+        String[] keys = results.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
+        assertEquals("MD5", keys[0]);
+        assertEquals("SHA-1", keys[1]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumsStream_unsupportedAlgorithm() {
+        assertThrows(
+                IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> {
+                    try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+                        ChecksumUtils.checksums(is, "BOGUS");
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+
+    // --- matches(Path, String, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testMatchesPath_correctHash() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        assertTrue(ChecksumUtils.matches(file, "MD5", "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMatchesPath_wrongHash() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        assertFalse(ChecksumUtils.matches(file, "MD5", "0000000000000000000000000000000000"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMatchesPath_caseInsensitive() throws IOException {
+        Path file = writeFile(HELLO);
+        assertTrue(ChecksumUtils.matches(file, "MD5", "5D41402ABC4B2A76B9719D911017C592"));
+    }
+
+    // --- matches(InputStream, String, String) ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testMatchesStream_correct() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            assertTrue(
+                    ChecksumUtils.matches(is, "SHA-1", "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMatchesStream_wrong() throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(HELLO)) {
+            assertFalse(
+                    ChecksumUtils.matches(is, "SHA-1", "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- empty input ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumEmptyInput() throws IOException {
+        byte[] empty = new byte[0];
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(empty)) {
+            String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(is, "MD5");
+            // MD5 of empty input is d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
+            assertEquals("d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e", hex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChecksumCrc32EmptyInput() throws IOException {
+        byte[] empty = new byte[0];
+        try (InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(empty)) {
+            String hex = ChecksumUtils.checksum(is, "CRC32");
+            assertEquals("00000000", hex);
+        }
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class EmlParserTest {
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("safeMimeDecode")
+    class SafeMimeDecodeTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for null input")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode(null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for empty input")
+        void emptyInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode(""));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for blank input")
+        void blankInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode("   "));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return plain text as-is")
+        void plainText() {
+            assertEquals("Hello World", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode("Hello World"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should trim surrounding whitespace")
+        void trimWhitespace() {
+            assertEquals("Hello", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode("  Hello  "));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode base64 MIME encoded word")
+        void decodeBase64MimeWord() {
+            // =?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8=?= is Base64 for "Hello"
+            assertEquals("Hello", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode("=?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8=?="));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode quoted-printable MIME encoded word")
+        void decodeQpMimeWord() {
+            // =?UTF-8?Q?Hello_World?= where _ means space in Q encoding
+            assertEquals("Hello World", EmlParser.safeMimeDecode("=?UTF-8?Q?Hello_World?="));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should handle mixed text and encoded words")
+        void mixedTextAndEncoded() {
+            String input = "Re: =?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8=?= test";
+            String result = EmlParser.safeMimeDecode(input);
+            assertEquals("Re: Hello test", result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("extractEmailContent")
+    class ExtractEmailContentTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on null input")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> EmlParser.extractEmailContent(null, null, null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on empty input")
+        void emptyInput() {
+            assertThrows(
+                    Exception.class, () -> EmlParser.extractEmailContent(new byte[0], null, null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on invalid content that is not EML or MSG")
+        void invalidContent() {
+            byte[] randomBytes = "This is not an email file at all.".getBytes();
+            assertThrows(
+                    Exception.class, () -> EmlParser.extractEmailContent(randomBytes, null, null));
+        }
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class EmlProcessingUtilsTest {
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("validateEmlInput")
+    class ValidateEmlInputTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on null input")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> EmlProcessingUtils.validateEmlInput(null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on empty input")
+        void emptyInput() {
+            assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> EmlProcessingUtils.validateEmlInput(new byte[0]));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should throw on invalid format with insufficient headers")
+        void invalidFormat() {
+            byte[] data = "Hello, this is just random text without email headers.".getBytes();
+            assertThrows(Exception.class, () -> EmlProcessingUtils.validateEmlInput(data));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should accept valid EML with multiple headers")
+        void validEml() {
+            String emlContent =
+                    "From: sender@example.com\r\n"
+                            + "To: recipient@example.com\r\n"
+                            + "Subject: Test\r\n"
+                            + "Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000\r\n"
+                            + "\r\n"
+                            + "Body text";
+            assertDoesNotThrow(() -> EmlProcessingUtils.validateEmlInput(emlContent.getBytes()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("isMsgFile")
+    class IsMsgFileTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return false for null")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertFalse(EmlProcessingUtils.isMsgFile(null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return false for short bytes")
+        void shortBytes() {
+            assertFalse(EmlProcessingUtils.isMsgFile(new byte[] {0x01, 0x02}));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return true for MSG magic bytes")
+        void msgMagicBytes() {
+            byte[] magic = {
+                (byte) 0xD0,
+                (byte) 0xCF,
+                (byte) 0x11,
+                (byte) 0xE0,
+                (byte) 0xA1,
+                (byte) 0xB1,
+                (byte) 0x1A,
+                (byte) 0xE1,
+                0x00,
+                0x00
+            };
+            assertTrue(EmlProcessingUtils.isMsgFile(magic));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return false for non-MSG bytes")
+        void nonMsgBytes() {
+            byte[] data = new byte[] {0x50, 0x4B, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+            assertFalse(EmlProcessingUtils.isMsgFile(data));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("escapeHtml")
+    class EscapeHtmlTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for null")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlProcessingUtils.escapeHtml(null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should escape all HTML special characters")
+        void escapeSpecialChars() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.escapeHtml("<div class=\"test\">'&'</div>");
+            assertEquals("&lt;div class=&quot;test&quot;&gt;&#39;&amp;&#39;&lt;/div&gt;", result);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should not modify plain text")
+        void plainText() {
+            assertEquals("Hello World", EmlProcessingUtils.escapeHtml("Hello World"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("convertTextToHtml")
+    class ConvertTextToHtmlTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for null")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlProcessingUtils.convertTextToHtml(null, null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should convert newlines to br tags")
+        void newlinesToBr() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.convertTextToHtml("Line1\nLine2", null);
+            assertTrue(result.contains("<br>"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should convert CRLF to br tags")
+        void crlfToBr() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.convertTextToHtml("Line1\r\nLine2", null);
+            assertTrue(result.contains("<br>"));
+            assertFalse(result.contains("\r"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should linkify URLs")
+        void linkifyUrls() {
+            String result =
+                    EmlProcessingUtils.convertTextToHtml("Visit https://example.com today", null);
+            assertTrue(result.contains("<a href=\"https://example.com\""));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should linkify email addresses")
+        void linkifyEmails() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.convertTextToHtml("Contact test@example.com", null);
+            assertTrue(result.contains("mailto:test@example.com"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("decodeMimeHeader")
+    class DecodeMimeHeaderTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return null for null input")
+        void nullInput() {
+            assertNull(EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader(null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for empty input")
+        void emptyInput() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader(""));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return plain text unchanged")
+        void plainText() {
+            assertEquals("Hello World", EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader("Hello World"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode Base64 encoded header")
+        void decodeBase64() {
+            // "Hello" in Base64
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader("=?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8=?=");
+            assertEquals("Hello", result);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode quoted-printable encoded header")
+        void decodeQuotedPrintable() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader("=?UTF-8?Q?Hello_World?=");
+            assertEquals("Hello World", result);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode concatenated encoded words")
+        void decodeConcatenated() {
+            String input = "=?UTF-8?B?SGVs?= =?UTF-8?B?bG8=?=";
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader(input);
+            assertEquals("Hello", result);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should handle unknown encoding gracefully")
+        void unknownEncoding() {
+            String input = "=?UTF-8?X?unknown?=";
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.decodeMimeHeader(input);
+            assertEquals("=?UTF-8?X?unknown?=", result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("detectMimeType")
+    class DetectMimeTypeTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return existing MIME type if provided")
+        void existingMimeType() {
+            assertEquals(
+                    "image/jpeg", EmlProcessingUtils.detectMimeType("photo.png", "image/jpeg"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should detect PNG from filename")
+        void detectPng() {
+            assertEquals("image/png", EmlProcessingUtils.detectMimeType("image.png", null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should detect JPEG from filename")
+        void detectJpeg() {
+            assertEquals("image/jpeg", EmlProcessingUtils.detectMimeType("photo.jpg", null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should default to image/png for unknown extension")
+        void defaultMimeType() {
+            assertEquals("image/png", EmlProcessingUtils.detectMimeType("file.xyz", null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should default to image/png for null filename and mime")
+        void nullFilenameAndMime() {
+            assertEquals("image/png", EmlProcessingUtils.detectMimeType(null, null));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("sanitizeText")
+    class SanitizeTextTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should escape HTML when no sanitizer provided")
+        void noSanitizer() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.sanitizeText("<script>", null);
+            assertEquals("&lt;script&gt;", result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("processEmailHtmlBody")
+    class ProcessEmailHtmlBodyTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return empty string for null body")
+        void nullBody() {
+            assertEquals("", EmlProcessingUtils.processEmailHtmlBody(null, null, null));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should strip fixed position CSS")
+        void stripFixedPosition() {
+            String html = "<div style=\"position:fixed; top:0\">content</div>";
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.processEmailHtmlBody(html, null, null);
+            assertFalse(result.contains("position:fixed"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("decodeUrlEncoded")
+    class DecodeUrlEncodedTests {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should decode URL-encoded string")
+        void decodeEncoded() {
+            assertEquals("hello world", EmlProcessingUtils.decodeUrlEncoded("hello%20world"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return original on invalid encoding")
+        void invalidEncoding() {
+            String result = EmlProcessingUtils.decodeUrlEncoded("%ZZinvalid");
+            assertEquals("%ZZinvalid", result);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -1,44 +1,114 @@
 package stirling.software.common.util;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

-public class ErrorUtilsTest {
+class ErrorUtilsTest {

-    @Test
-    public void testExceptionToModel() {
-        // Create a mock Model
-        Model model = new org.springframework.ui.ExtendedModelMap();
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("exceptionToModel")
+    class ExceptionToModelTests {

-        // Create a test exception
-        Exception ex = new Exception("Test Exception");
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should add error message to model")
+        void addsErrorMessage() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("test error");

-        // Call the method under test
-        Model resultModel = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModel(model, ex);
+            ErrorUtils.exceptionToModel(model, ex);

-        // Verify the result
-        assertNotNull(resultModel);
-        assertEquals("Test Exception", resultModel.getAttribute("errorMessage"));
-        assertNotNull(resultModel.getAttribute("stackTrace"));
+            verify(model).addAttribute("errorMessage", "test error");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should add stack trace to model")
+        void addsStackTrace() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("test error");
+
+            ErrorUtils.exceptionToModel(model, ex);
+
+            verify(model)
+                    .addAttribute(
+                            eq("stackTrace"),
+                            argThat(
+                                    arg ->
+                                            arg instanceof String s
+                                                    && s.contains("RuntimeException")
+                                                    && s.contains("test error")));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should return the same model instance")
+        void returnsSameModel() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("test");
+
+            Model result = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModel(model, ex);
+
+            assertSame(model, result);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should handle exception with null message")
+        void nullExceptionMessage() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException((String) null);
+
+            ErrorUtils.exceptionToModel(model, ex);
+
+            verify(model).addAttribute("errorMessage", null);
+        }
    }

-    @Test
-    public void testExceptionToModelView() {
-        // Create a mock Model
-        Model model = new org.springframework.ui.ExtendedModelMap();
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("exceptionToModelView")
+    class ExceptionToModelViewTests {

-        // Create a test exception
-        Exception ex = new Exception("Test Exception");
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should create ModelAndView with error message")
+        void addsErrorMessage() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("view error");

-        // Call the method under test
-        ModelAndView modelAndView = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModelView(model, ex);
+            ModelAndView result = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModelView(model, ex);

-        // Verify the result
-        assertNotNull(modelAndView);
-        assertEquals("Test Exception", modelAndView.getModel().get("errorMessage"));
-        assertNotNull(modelAndView.getModel().get("stackTrace"));
+            assertNotNull(result);
+            assertEquals("view error", result.getModel().get("errorMessage"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should create ModelAndView with stack trace")
+        void addsStackTrace() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("view error");
+
+            ModelAndView result = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModelView(model, ex);
+
+            String stackTrace = (String) result.getModel().get("stackTrace");
+            assertNotNull(stackTrace);
+            assertTrue(stackTrace.contains("RuntimeException"));
+            assertTrue(stackTrace.contains("view error"));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("should handle nested exception")
+        void nestedException() {
+            Model model = mock(Model.class);
+            Exception cause = new IllegalArgumentException("root cause");
+            Exception ex = new RuntimeException("wrapper", cause);
+
+            ModelAndView result = ErrorUtils.exceptionToModelView(model, ex);
+
+            String stackTrace = (String) result.getModel().get("stackTrace");
+            assertTrue(stackTrace.contains("root cause"));
+            assertEquals("wrapper", result.getModel().get("errorMessage"));
+        }
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ExecutorFactoryTest {
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("newVirtualThreadExecutor should return non-null executor")
+    void virtualThreadExecutorNotNull() {
+        ExecutorService executor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualThreadExecutor();
+        assertNotNull(executor);
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("newVirtualThreadExecutor should execute tasks")
+    void virtualThreadExecutorExecutesTasks() throws Exception {
+        ExecutorService executor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualThreadExecutor();
+        AtomicBoolean ran = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        executor.submit(
+                () -> {
+                    ran.set(true);
+                    latch.countDown();
+                });
+
+        assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertTrue(ran.get());
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("newVirtualThreadExecutor should run on virtual threads")
+    void virtualThreadExecutorUsesVirtualThreads() throws Exception {
+        ExecutorService executor = ExecutorFactory.newVirtualThreadExecutor();
+        AtomicReference<Boolean> isVirtual = new AtomicReference<>();
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        executor.submit(
+                () -> {
+                    isVirtual.set(Thread.currentThread().isVirtual());
+                    latch.countDown();
+                });
+
+        assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertTrue(isVirtual.get());
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("newSingleVirtualThreadScheduledExecutor should return non-null")
+    void scheduledExecutorNotNull() {
+        ScheduledExecutorService executor =
+                ExecutorFactory.newSingleVirtualThreadScheduledExecutor();
+        assertNotNull(executor);
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("newSingleVirtualThreadScheduledExecutor should execute scheduled tasks")
+    void scheduledExecutorExecutesTasks() throws Exception {
+        ScheduledExecutorService executor =
+                ExecutorFactory.newSingleVirtualThreadScheduledExecutor();
+        AtomicBoolean ran = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        executor.schedule(
+                () -> {
+                    ran.set(true);
+                    latch.countDown();
+                },
+                10,
+                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+        assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertTrue(ran.get());
+        executor.shutdown();
+    }
+}
@@ -1,194 +1,110 @@
 package stirling.software.common.util;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
-import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;

-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;

 import stirling.software.common.configuration.RuntimePathConfig;

-@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class FileMonitorTest {

    @TempDir Path tempDir;

-    @Mock private RuntimePathConfig runtimePathConfig;
-
-    @Mock private Predicate<Path> pathFilter;
-
-    private FileMonitor fileMonitor;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() throws IOException {
+    private FileMonitor createFileMonitor(Path watchDir) throws IOException {
+        Predicate<Path> acceptAll = path -> true;
+        RuntimePathConfig runtimePathConfig = mock(RuntimePathConfig.class);
        when(runtimePathConfig.getPipelineWatchedFoldersPaths())
-                .thenReturn(List.of(tempDir.toString()));
-
-        // This mock is used in all tests except testPathFilter
-        // We use lenient to avoid UnnecessaryStubbingException in that test
-        Mockito.lenient().when(pathFilter.test(any())).thenReturn(true);
-
-        fileMonitor = new FileMonitor(pathFilter, runtimePathConfig);
+                .thenReturn(List.of(watchDir.toString()));
+        return new FileMonitor(acceptAll, runtimePathConfig);
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_OldFile() throws IOException {
-        // Capture test time at the beginning for deterministic calculations
-        final Instant testTime = Instant.now();
-
-        // Create a test file
-        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("test-file.txt");
-        Files.write(testFile, "test content".getBytes());
-
-        // Set modified time to 10 seconds ago (relative to test start time)
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime.minusMillis(10000)));
-
-        // File should be ready for processing as it was modified more than 5 seconds ago
-        assertTrue(fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile));
+    void testConstructor_withValidDirectory() throws IOException {
+        FileMonitor monitor = createFileMonitor(tempDir);
+        assertNotNull(monitor);
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_RecentFile() throws IOException {
-        // Capture test time at the beginning for deterministic calculations
-        final Instant testTime = Instant.now();
+    void testConstructor_withNonExistentDirectory() throws IOException {
+        Path nonExistent = tempDir.resolve("does_not_exist");
+        Predicate<Path> acceptAll = path -> true;
+        RuntimePathConfig config = mock(RuntimePathConfig.class);
+        when(config.getPipelineWatchedFoldersPaths()).thenReturn(List.of(nonExistent.toString()));

-        // Create a test file
-        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("recent-file.txt");
-        Files.write(testFile, "test content".getBytes());
-
-        // Set modified time to just now (relative to test start time)
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime));
-
-        // File should not be ready for processing as it was just modified
-        assertFalse(fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile));
+        // Should not throw - just logs an error about non-existent path
+        FileMonitor monitor = new FileMonitor(acceptAll, config);
+        assertNotNull(monitor);
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_NonExistentFile() {
-        // Create a path to a file that doesn't exist
-        Path nonExistentFile = tempDir.resolve("non-existent-file.txt");
+    void testConstructor_withEmptyWatchedFolders() throws IOException {
+        Predicate<Path> acceptAll = path -> true;
+        RuntimePathConfig config = mock(RuntimePathConfig.class);
+        when(config.getPipelineWatchedFoldersPaths()).thenReturn(List.of());

-        // Non-existent file should not be ready for processing
-        assertFalse(fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(nonExistentFile));
+        FileMonitor monitor = new FileMonitor(acceptAll, config);
+        assertNotNull(monitor);
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_LockedFile() throws IOException {
-        // Capture test time at the beginning for deterministic calculations
-        final Instant testTime = Instant.now();
-
-        // Create a test file
-        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("locked-file.txt");
-        Files.write(testFile, "test content".getBytes());
-
-        // Set modified time to 10 seconds ago (relative to test start time) to make sure it passes
-        // the time check
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime.minusMillis(10000)));
-
-        // Verify the file is considered ready when it meets the time criteria
-        assertTrue(
-                fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile),
-                "File should be ready for processing when sufficiently old");
+    void testTrackFiles_noEventsDoesNotThrow() throws IOException {
+        FileMonitor monitor = createFileMonitor(tempDir);
+        // Should not throw even when no events have occurred
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> monitor.trackFiles());
    }

    @Test
-    void testPathFilter() throws IOException {
-        // Use a simple lambda instead of a mock for better control
-        Predicate<Path> pdfFilter = path -> path.toString().endsWith(".pdf");
+    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_nonExistentFile() throws IOException {
+        FileMonitor monitor = createFileMonitor(tempDir);
+        Path nonExistent = tempDir.resolve("nonexistent.pdf");

-        // Create a new FileMonitor with the PDF filter
-        FileMonitor pdfMonitor = new FileMonitor(pdfFilter, runtimePathConfig);
-
-        // Create a PDF file
-        Path pdfFile = tempDir.resolve("test.pdf");
-        Files.write(pdfFile, "pdf content".getBytes());
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(pdfFile, FileTime.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000000L)));
-
-        // Create a TXT file
-        Path txtFile = tempDir.resolve("test.txt");
-        Files.write(txtFile, "text content".getBytes());
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(txtFile, FileTime.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000000L)));
-
-        // PDF file should be ready for processing
-        assertTrue(pdfMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(pdfFile));
-
-        // Note: In the current implementation, FileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing()
-        // doesn't check file filters directly - it only checks criteria like file existence
-        // and modification time. The filtering is likely handled elsewhere in the workflow.
-
-        // To avoid test failures, we'll verify that the filter itself works correctly
-        assertFalse(pdfFilter.test(txtFile), "PDF filter should reject txt files");
-        assertTrue(pdfFilter.test(pdfFile), "PDF filter should accept pdf files");
+        // Non-existent file should not be ready (file lock check will fail)
+        boolean ready = monitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(nonExistent);
+        assertFalse(ready, "Non-existent file should not be ready for processing");
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_FileInUse() throws IOException {
-        // Capture test time at the beginning for deterministic calculations
-        final Instant testTime = Instant.now();
+    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_existingFile() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        FileMonitor monitor = createFileMonitor(tempDir);
+        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("test.pdf");
+        Files.writeString(testFile, "test content");

-        // Create a test file
-        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("in-use-file.txt");
-        Files.write(testFile, "initial content".getBytes());
+        // Run trackFiles to process any events
+        monitor.trackFiles();

-        // Set modified time to 10 seconds ago (relative to test start time)
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime.minusMillis(10000)));
-
-        // First check that the file is ready when meeting time criteria
-        assertTrue(
-                fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile),
-                "File should be ready for processing when sufficiently old");
-
-        // After modifying the file to simulate closing, it should still be ready
-        Files.write(testFile, "updated content".getBytes());
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime.minusMillis(10000)));
-
-        assertTrue(
-                fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile),
-                "File should be ready for processing after updating");
+        // The file might or might not be ready depending on timing,
+        // but calling the method should not throw
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> monitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile));
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_FileWithAbsolutePath() throws IOException {
-        // Capture test time at the beginning for deterministic calculations
-        final Instant testTime = Instant.now();
+    void testTrackFiles_afterFileCreation() throws IOException {
+        FileMonitor monitor = createFileMonitor(tempDir);

-        // Create a test file
-        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("absolute-path-file.txt");
-        Files.write(testFile, "test content".getBytes());
+        // Create a file in the watched directory
+        Path testFile = tempDir.resolve("newfile.txt");
+        Files.writeString(testFile, "hello");

-        // Set modified time to 10 seconds ago (relative to test start time)
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testFile, FileTime.from(testTime.minusMillis(10000)));
-
-        // File should be ready for processing as it was modified more than 5 seconds ago
-        // Use the absolute path to make sure it's handled correctly
-        assertTrue(fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testFile.toAbsolutePath()));
+        // Track files should process the creation event
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> monitor.trackFiles());
    }

    @Test
-    void testIsFileReadyForProcessing_DirectoryInsteadOfFile() throws IOException {
-        // Create a test directory
-        Path testDir = tempDir.resolve("test-directory");
-        Files.createDirectory(testDir);
+    void testConstructor_withPathFilter() throws IOException {
+        // Filter that rejects all paths
+        Predicate<Path> rejectAll = path -> false;
+        RuntimePathConfig config = mock(RuntimePathConfig.class);
+        when(config.getPipelineWatchedFoldersPaths()).thenReturn(List.of(tempDir.toString()));

-        // Set modified time to 10 seconds ago
-        Files.setLastModifiedTime(testDir, FileTime.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000000L)));
-
-        // A directory should not be considered ready for processing
-        boolean isReady = fileMonitor.isFileReadyForProcessing(testDir);
-        assertFalse(isReady, "A directory should not be considered ready for processing");
+        FileMonitor monitor = new FileMonitor(rejectAll, config);
+        assertNotNull(monitor);
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Answers.CALLS_REAL_METHODS;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.AutoPipeline.FileReadiness;
+
+@DisplayName("FileReadinessChecker")
+class FileReadinessCheckerTest {
+
+    @TempDir Path tempDir;
+
+    @Mock ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Mock ApplicationProperties.AutoPipeline autoPipeline;
+
+    /** Real config object — easier to tweak per test than chaining multiple stubs. */
+    FileReadiness config;
+
+    FileReadinessChecker checker;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
+
+        config = new FileReadiness();
+        config.setEnabled(true);
+        config.setSettleTimeMillis(0); // instant settle by default — individual tests override
+        config.setSizeCheckDelayMillis(1); // minimal pause keeps tests fast
+        config.setAllowedExtensions(new ArrayList<>());
+
+        when(applicationProperties.getAutoPipeline()).thenReturn(autoPipeline);
+        when(autoPipeline.getFileReadiness()).thenReturn(config);
+
+        checker = new FileReadinessChecker(applicationProperties);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Master toggle
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("when enabled=false")
+    class WhenDisabled {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("always returns true regardless of file state")
+        void alwaysReady() throws IOException {
+            config.setEnabled(false);
+
+            // Non-existent path — would normally fail check #1
+            Path ghost = tempDir.resolve("does-not-exist.pdf");
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(ghost));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Check #1 + #2: existence and regular-file guard
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("existence and file-type checks")
+    class ExistenceChecks {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("non-existent path → not ready")
+        void fileDoesNotExist() {
+            Path ghost = tempDir.resolve("ghost.pdf");
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(ghost));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("path is a directory → not ready")
+        void pathIsDirectory() throws IOException {
+            Path dir = tempDir.resolve("subdir");
+            Files.createDirectory(dir);
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(dir));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("path is a regular file → passes existence checks")
+        void regularFilePassesExistenceCheck() throws IOException {
+            Path file = realFile("test.pdf", "content");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Check #3: extension filter
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("extension filter")
+    class ExtensionFilter {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("empty allow-list → all extensions accepted")
+        void emptyAllowListAcceptsAll() throws IOException {
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(new ArrayList<>()); // empty = no filter
+            Path file = realFile("report.docx", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("extension in allow-list → passes")
+        void extensionInAllowList() throws IOException {
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("pdf", "tiff"));
+            Path file = realFile("scan.pdf", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("extension not in allow-list → not ready")
+        void extensionNotInAllowList() throws IOException {
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("pdf", "tiff"));
+            Path file = realFile("document.docx", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("extension matching is case-insensitive")
+        void extensionMatchIsCaseInsensitive() throws IOException {
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("PDF"));
+            Path file = realFile("scan.pdf", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("file without extension and non-empty allow-list → not ready")
+        void fileWithNoExtension() throws IOException {
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("pdf"));
+            Path file = realFile("README", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Check #4: settle-time (last-modified age)
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("settle-time check")
+    class SettleTime {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("recently modified file → not ready")
+        void recentlyModified_notReady() throws IOException {
+            config.setSettleTimeMillis(60_000); // require 1 minute of quiet
+            Path file = realFile("new.pdf", "data");
+            // last-modified is now (just created) — well within the threshold
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("file settled for longer than threshold → ready")
+        void settled_ready() throws IOException {
+            config.setSettleTimeMillis(5_000);
+            Path file = realFile("old.pdf", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 10_000); // 10 s ago — older than 5 s threshold
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("settle threshold of 0 ms passes any file")
+        void zeroThreshold_alwaysPasses() throws IOException {
+            config.setSettleTimeMillis(0);
+            Path file = realFile("instant.pdf", "data");
+            // last-modified is right now; 0 ms threshold means anything passes
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Check #5: size stability
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("size-stability check")
+    class SizeStability {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("size unchanged between two reads → ready")
+        void sizeStable_ready() throws IOException {
+            config.setSizeCheckDelayMillis(1);
+            Path file = realFile("stable.pdf", "fixed content");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("size changes between two reads → not ready")
+        void sizeChanging_notReady() throws IOException {
+            config.setSizeCheckDelayMillis(1);
+            Path file = realFile("growing.pdf", "initial");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+
+            // Use MockedStatic to control what Files.size() returns on each call
+            // while leaving all other Files.* methods intact.
+            AtomicInteger sizeCallCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+            try (MockedStatic<Files> mockedFiles = mockStatic(Files.class, CALLS_REAL_METHODS)) {
+                mockedFiles
+                        .when(() -> Files.size(file))
+                        .thenAnswer(
+                                inv ->
+                                        sizeCallCount.incrementAndGet() == 1
+                                                ? 100L // first read: 100 bytes
+                                                : 200L); // second read: 200 bytes — changed!
+                assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Check #6: file-lock check
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("file-lock check")
+    class FileLockCheck {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("file held open with exclusive lock by another thread → not ready")
+        void fileLocked_notReady() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            Path file = realFile("locked.pdf", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+
+            CountDownLatch lockAcquired = new CountDownLatch(1);
+            CountDownLatch testDone = new CountDownLatch(1);
+            AtomicInteger lockThreadFailed = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+            Thread lockHolder =
+                    new Thread(
+                            () -> {
+                                try (RandomAccessFile raf =
+                                                new RandomAccessFile(file.toFile(), "rw");
+                                        FileChannel channel = raf.getChannel();
+                                        FileLock lock = channel.lock()) {
+                                    lockAcquired.countDown();
+                                    testDone.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                                } catch (Exception e) {
+                                    lockThreadFailed.set(1);
+                                    lockAcquired.countDown();
+                                }
+                            });
+            lockHolder.setDaemon(true);
+            lockHolder.start();
+            lockAcquired.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+            try {
+                if (lockThreadFailed.get() == 0) {
+                    // Lock was successfully held — the checker must see it as locked.
+                    // On JVM, tryLock() from a second thread in the same process throws
+                    // OverlappingFileLockException (or returns null on some platforms), both of
+                    // which isLocked() maps to true.
+                    assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+                }
+                // If locking failed on this platform we simply skip the assertion rather than
+                // failing the build — the logic path is still exercised by other tests.
+            } finally {
+                testDone.countDown();
+                lockHolder.join(5_000);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("file with no external lock and all checks passing → ready")
+        void noLock_ready() throws IOException {
+            Path file = realFile("unlocked.pdf", "data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Full happy-path integration
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("full happy path")
+    class HappyPath {
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("all checks pass → ready")
+        void allChecksPass_ready() throws IOException {
+            config.setSettleTimeMillis(5_000);
+            config.setSizeCheckDelayMillis(1);
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("pdf"));
+
+            Path file = realFile("invoice.pdf", "PDF content");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 10_000);
+
+            assertTrue(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("first failing check short-circuits evaluation")
+        void shortCircuitsOnFirstFailure() throws IOException {
+            // Extension filter will reject — settle / size / lock checks must never run
+            config.setAllowedExtensions(List.of("pdf"));
+            config.setSettleTimeMillis(0);
+            config.setSizeCheckDelayMillis(1);
+
+            Path file = realFile("archive.zip", "ZIP data");
+            setLastModifiedInPast(file, 60_000);
+
+            assertFalse(checker.isReady(file));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Helpers
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    private Path realFile(String name, String content) throws IOException {
+        Path file = tempDir.resolve(name);
+        Files.writeString(file, content);
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Back-dates the last-modified time of {@code path} by {@code millisAgo} so that settle-time
+     * checks pass without actually waiting.
+     */
+    private void setLastModifiedInPast(Path path, long millisAgo) throws IOException {
+        Files.setLastModifiedTime(
+                path, FileTime.fromMillis(System.currentTimeMillis() - millisAgo));
+    }
+}
@@ -1,115 +1,76 @@
 package stirling.software.common.util;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

-import stirling.software.common.model.api.converters.HTMLToPdfRequest;
-import stirling.software.common.service.SsrfProtectionService;
+class FileToPdfTest {

-public class FileToPdfTest {
-
-    private CustomHtmlSanitizer customHtmlSanitizer;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() {
-        SsrfProtectionService mockSsrfProtectionService = mock(SsrfProtectionService.class);
-        stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties mockApplicationProperties =
-                mock(stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.class);
-        stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.System mockSystem =
-                mock(stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.System.class);
-
-        when(mockSsrfProtectionService.isUrlAllowed(org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString()))
-                .thenReturn(true);
-        when(mockApplicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(mockSystem);
-        when(mockSystem.isDisableSanitize()).thenReturn(false);
-
-        customHtmlSanitizer =
-                new CustomHtmlSanitizer(mockSsrfProtectionService, mockApplicationProperties);
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_normalFilename() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("document.html");
+        assertEquals("document.html", result);
    }

-    /**
-     * Test the HTML to PDF conversion. This test expects an IOException when an empty HTML input is
-     * provided.
-     */
    @Test
-    public void testConvertHtmlToPdf() {
-        HTMLToPdfRequest request = new HTMLToPdfRequest();
-        byte[] fileBytes = new byte[0]; // Sample file bytes (empty input)
-        String fileName = "test.html"; // Sample file name indicating an HTML file
-        TempFileManager tempFileManager = mock(TempFileManager.class); // Mock TempFileManager
-
-        // Mock the temp file creation to return real temp files
-        try {
-            when(tempFileManager.createTempFile(anyString()))
-                    .thenReturn(Files.createTempFile("test", ".pdf").toFile())
-                    .thenReturn(Files.createTempFile("test", ".html").toFile());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-
-        // Expect an IOException to be thrown due to empty input or invalid weasyprint path
-        Throwable thrown =
-                assertThrows(
-                        Exception.class,
-                        () ->
-                                FileToPdf.convertHtmlToPdf(
-                                        "/path/",
-                                        request,
-                                        fileBytes,
-                                        fileName,
-                                        tempFileManager,
-                                        customHtmlSanitizer));
-        assertNotNull(thrown);
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_pathTraversal() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("../../etc/passwd");
+        // Should remove ../ sequences
+        assertFalse(result.contains(".."), "Path traversal sequences should be removed");
    }

-    /**
-     * Test sanitizeZipFilename with null or empty input. It should return an empty string in these
-     * cases.
-     */
    @Test
-    public void testSanitizeZipFilename_NullOrEmpty() {
-        assertEquals("", FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(null));
-        assertEquals("", FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("   "));
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_driveLetterRemoved() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("C:\\Users\\test\\file.html");
+        assertFalse(result.startsWith("C:"), "Drive letter should be removed");
    }

-    /**
-     * Test sanitizeZipFilename to ensure it removes path traversal sequences. This includes
-     * removing both forward and backward slash sequences.
-     */
    @Test
-    public void testSanitizeZipFilename_RemovesTraversalSequences() {
-        String input = "../some/../path/..\\to\\file.txt";
-        String expected = "some/path/to/file.txt";
-
-        // Expect that the method replaces backslashes with forward slashes
-        // and removes path traversal sequences
-        assertEquals(expected, FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(input));
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_backslashesNormalized() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("path\\to\\file.html");
+        assertFalse(result.contains("\\"), "Backslashes should be normalized to forward slashes");
+        assertTrue(result.contains("/") || !result.contains("\\"));
    }

-    /** Test sanitizeZipFilename to ensure that it removes leading drive letters and slashes. */
    @Test
-    public void testSanitizeZipFilename_RemovesLeadingDriveAndSlashes() {
-        String input = "C:\\folder\\file.txt";
-        String expected = "folder/file.txt";
-        assertEquals(expected, FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(input));
-
-        input = "/folder/file.txt";
-        expected = "folder/file.txt";
-        assertEquals(expected, FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(input));
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_nullInput() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(null);
+        assertEquals("", result, "Null input should return empty string");
    }

-    /** Test sanitizeZipFilename to verify that safe filenames remain unchanged. */
    @Test
-    public void testSanitizeZipFilename_NoChangeForSafeNames() {
-        String input = "folder/subfolder/file.txt";
-        assertEquals(input, FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename(input));
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_emptyInput() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("");
+        assertEquals("", result, "Empty input should return empty string");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_whitespaceOnly() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("   ");
+        assertEquals("", result, "Whitespace-only input should return empty string");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_leadingSlashes() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("///path/to/file.html");
+        assertFalse(result.startsWith("/"), "Leading slashes should be removed");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_nestedDirectories() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("dir1/dir2/file.html");
+        assertEquals("dir1/dir2/file.html", result, "Normal nested paths should be preserved");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_mixedTraversal() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("dir/../../../etc/passwd");
+        assertFalse(result.contains(".."), "Mixed path traversal should be removed");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSanitizeZipFilename_backslashTraversal() {
+        String result = FileToPdf.sanitizeZipFilename("dir\\..\\..\\etc\\passwd");
+        assertFalse(result.contains(".."), "Backslash path traversal should be removed");
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDComboBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDListBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDPushButton;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDRadioButton;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignatureField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTerminalField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class FormFieldTypeSupportTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withNull_returnsNull() {
+        assertNull(FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withTextField_returnsTEXT() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTextField field = new PDTextField(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withCheckBox_returnsCHECKBOX() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDCheckBox field = new PDCheckBox(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withRadioButton_returnsRADIO() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDRadioButton field = new PDRadioButton(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withComboBox_returnsCOMBOBOX() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDComboBox field = new PDComboBox(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.COMBOBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withListBox_returnsLISTBOX() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDListBox field = new PDListBox(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.LISTBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withSignatureField_returnsSIGNATURE() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDSignatureField field = new PDSignatureField(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withPushButton_returnsBUTTON() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDPushButton field = new PDPushButton(form);
+            assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON, FormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forTypeName_withValidNames_returnsCorrectEnum() {
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("text"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("checkbox"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("radio"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.COMBOBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("combobox"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.LISTBOX, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("listbox"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("signature"));
+        assertEquals(FormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON, FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("button"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forTypeName_withNull_returnsNull() {
+        assertNull(FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forTypeName_withUnknown_returnsNull() {
+        assertNull(FormFieldTypeSupport.forTypeName("unknown"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotSupportsDefinitionCreation_textReturnsFalse() {
+        assertFalse(FormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT.doesNotsupportsDefinitionCreation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotSupportsDefinitionCreation_radioReturnsTrue() {
+        assertTrue(FormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO.doesNotsupportsDefinitionCreation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotSupportsDefinitionCreation_signatureReturnsTrue() {
+        assertTrue(FormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE.doesNotsupportsDefinitionCreation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotSupportsDefinitionCreation_buttonReturnsTrue() {
+        assertTrue(FormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON.doesNotsupportsDefinitionCreation());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createField_text_returnsPDTextField() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTerminalField field = FormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT.createField(form);
+            assertInstanceOf(PDTextField.class, field);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createField_checkbox_returnsPDCheckBox() {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTerminalField field = FormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX.createField(form);
+            assertInstanceOf(PDCheckBox.class, field);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDResources;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class FormUtilsAdditionalTest {
+
+    private record SetupDocument(PDPage page, PDAcroForm acroForm) {}
+
+    private static SetupDocument createBasicDocument(PDDocument document) throws IOException {
+        PDPage page = new PDPage();
+        document.addPage(page);
+
+        PDAcroForm acroForm = new PDAcroForm(document);
+        acroForm.setDefaultResources(new PDResources());
+        acroForm.setNeedAppearances(true);
+        document.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
+
+        return new SetupDocument(page, acroForm);
+    }
+
+    private static void attachWidget(
+            SetupDocument setup,
+            org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTerminalField field,
+            PDRectangle rectangle)
+            throws IOException {
+        PDAnnotationWidget widget = new PDAnnotationWidget();
+        widget.setRectangle(rectangle);
+        widget.setPage(setup.page);
+        List<PDAnnotationWidget> widgets = new ArrayList<>(field.getWidgets());
+        widgets.add(widget);
+        field.setWidgets(widgets);
+        setup.acroForm.getFields().add(field);
+        setup.page.getAnnotations().add(widget);
+    }
+
+    // --- detectFieldType ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testDetectFieldType_textField() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+            PDTextField field = new PDTextField(setup.acroForm);
+            assertEquals("text", FormUtils.detectFieldType(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDetectFieldType_checkBox() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+            PDCheckBox field = new PDCheckBox(setup.acroForm);
+            assertEquals("checkbox", FormUtils.detectFieldType(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- extractFormFields ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testExtractFormFields_nullDocument() {
+        List<FormUtils.FormFieldInfo> fields = FormUtils.extractFormFields(null);
+        assertTrue(fields.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExtractFormFields_noAcroForm() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            // No AcroForm set
+            List<FormUtils.FormFieldInfo> fields = FormUtils.extractFormFields(doc);
+            assertTrue(fields.isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExtractFormFields_singleTextField() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+            PDTextField textField = new PDTextField(setup.acroForm);
+            textField.setPartialName("firstName");
+            attachWidget(setup, textField, new PDRectangle(50, 700, 200, 20));
+
+            List<FormUtils.FormFieldInfo> fields = FormUtils.extractFormFields(doc);
+            assertEquals(1, fields.size());
+            assertEquals("firstName", fields.get(0).name());
+            assertEquals("text", fields.get(0).type());
+            assertEquals(0, fields.get(0).pageIndex());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testExtractFormFields_multipleFields() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+
+            PDTextField field1 = new PDTextField(setup.acroForm);
+            field1.setPartialName("name");
+            attachWidget(setup, field1, new PDRectangle(50, 700, 200, 20));
+
+            PDTextField field2 = new PDTextField(setup.acroForm);
+            field2.setPartialName("email");
+            attachWidget(setup, field2, new PDRectangle(50, 660, 200, 20));
+
+            List<FormUtils.FormFieldInfo> fields = FormUtils.extractFormFields(doc);
+            assertEquals(2, fields.size());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- buildFillTemplateRecord ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_null() {
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(null);
+        assertTrue(result.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_empty() {
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(Collections.emptyList());
+        assertTrue(result.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_textField() {
+        FormUtils.FormFieldInfo info =
+                new FormUtils.FormFieldInfo(
+                        "name", "Name", "text", "John", null, false, 0, false, null, 0);
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(List.of(info));
+        assertEquals("John", result.get("name"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_checkboxField() {
+        FormUtils.FormFieldInfo info =
+                new FormUtils.FormFieldInfo(
+                        "agree", "Agreement", "checkbox", "Yes", null, false, 0, false, null, 0);
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(List.of(info));
+        assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, result.get("agree"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_checkboxFieldOff() {
+        FormUtils.FormFieldInfo info =
+                new FormUtils.FormFieldInfo(
+                        "agree", "Agreement", "checkbox", "Off", null, false, 0, false, null, 0);
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(List.of(info));
+        assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, result.get("agree"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_skipsButton() {
+        FormUtils.FormFieldInfo info =
+                new FormUtils.FormFieldInfo(
+                        "submit", "Submit", "button", null, null, false, 0, false, null, 0);
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(List.of(info));
+        assertFalse(result.containsKey("submit"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBuildFillTemplateRecord_skipsSignature() {
+        FormUtils.FormFieldInfo info =
+                new FormUtils.FormFieldInfo(
+                        "sig", "Signature", "signature", null, null, false, 0, false, null, 0);
+        Map<String, Object> result = FormUtils.buildFillTemplateRecord(List.of(info));
+        assertFalse(result.containsKey("sig"));
+    }
+
+    // --- safeValue ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testSafeValue_nonNull() {
+        assertEquals("hello", FormUtils.safeValue("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSafeValue_null() {
+        assertEquals("", FormUtils.safeValue(null));
+    }
+
+    // --- applyFieldValues ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testApplyFieldValues_nullDocument() throws IOException {
+        // Should not throw
+        FormUtils.applyFieldValues(null, Map.of("key", "value"), false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testApplyFieldValues_noAcroFormStrict() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            assertThrows(
+                    IOException.class,
+                    () -> FormUtils.applyFieldValues(doc, Map.of("key", "val"), false, true));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testApplyFieldValues_noAcroFormNonStrict() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            // Should not throw in non-strict mode
+            FormUtils.applyFieldValues(doc, Map.of("key", "val"), false, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testApplyFieldValues_setsTextValue() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+            PDTextField textField = new PDTextField(setup.acroForm);
+            textField.setPartialName("company");
+            attachWidget(setup, textField, new PDRectangle(60, 720, 220, 20));
+
+            FormUtils.applyFieldValues(doc, Map.of("company", "Stirling"), false);
+            assertEquals("Stirling", textField.getValueAsString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testApplyFieldValues_checksCheckbox_nonStrict() throws IOException {
+        // In non-strict mode, checkbox state changes may fail silently
+        // if appearance streams are not properly configured. Just verify no exception.
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            SetupDocument setup = createBasicDocument(doc);
+            PDCheckBox checkBox = new PDCheckBox(setup.acroForm);
+            checkBox.setPartialName("subscribed");
+            checkBox.setExportValues(List.of("Yes"));
+            attachWidget(setup, checkBox, new PDRectangle(60, 680, 16, 16));
+
+            // Should not throw in non-strict mode even if appearance is missing
+            FormUtils.applyFieldValues(doc, Map.of("subscribed", true), false, false);
+            FormUtils.applyFieldValues(doc, Map.of("subscribed", false), false, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- filterSingleChoiceSelection ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testFilterSingleChoiceSelection_validSelection() {
+        String result =
+                FormUtils.filterSingleChoiceSelection(
+                        "Option A", List.of("Option A", "Option B"), "field1");
+        assertEquals("Option A", result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFilterSingleChoiceSelection_invalidSelection() {
+        String result =
+                FormUtils.filterSingleChoiceSelection(
+                        "Invalid", List.of("Option A", "Option B"), "field1");
+        assertNull(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFilterSingleChoiceSelection_nullSelection() {
+        String result = FormUtils.filterSingleChoiceSelection(null, List.of("Option A"), "field1");
+        assertNull(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFilterSingleChoiceSelection_emptySelection() {
+        String result = FormUtils.filterSingleChoiceSelection("  ", List.of("Option A"), "field1");
+        assertNull(result);
+    }
+
+    // --- extractFieldsWithTemplate ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testExtractFieldsWithTemplate_emptyDocument() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            FormUtils.FormFieldExtraction extraction = FormUtils.extractFieldsWithTemplate(doc);
+            assertNotNull(extraction);
+            assertTrue(extraction.fields().isEmpty());
+            assertTrue(extraction.template().isEmpty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // --- hasAnyRotatedPage ---
+
+    @Test
+    void testHasAnyRotatedPage_noRotation() throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            assertFalse(FormUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package stirling.software.proprietary.util;
+package stirling.software.common.util;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class GeneralFormCopyUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_noRotation_returnsFalse() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            assertFalse(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_with90Rotation_returnsTrue() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDPage page = new PDPage();
+            page.setRotation(90);
+            doc.addPage(page);
+            assertTrue(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_with180Rotation_returnsTrue() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDPage page = new PDPage();
+            page.setRotation(180);
+            doc.addPage(page);
+            assertTrue(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_with360Rotation_returnsFalse() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDPage page = new PDPage();
+            page.setRotation(360);
+            doc.addPage(page);
+            assertFalse(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_emptyDocument_returnsFalse() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            assertFalse(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void hasAnyRotatedPage_mixedPages_returnsTrue() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            doc.addPage(new PDPage());
+            PDPage rotated = new PDPage();
+            rotated.setRotation(270);
+            doc.addPage(rotated);
+            assertTrue(GeneralFormCopyUtils.hasAnyRotatedPage(doc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void copyAndTransformFormFields_noAcroForm_doesNotThrow() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument source = new PDDocument();
+                PDDocument target = new PDDocument()) {
+            source.addPage(new PDPage());
+            target.addPage(new PDPage());
+            // No acro form set on source - should simply return without error
+            assertDoesNotThrow(
+                    () ->
+                            GeneralFormCopyUtils.copyAndTransformFormFields(
+                                    source, target, 1, 1, 1, 1, 612f, 792f));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void copyAndTransformFormFields_emptyAcroForm_doesNotThrow() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument source = new PDDocument();
+                PDDocument target = new PDDocument()) {
+            source.addPage(new PDPage());
+            target.addPage(new PDPage());
+            // Empty acro form
+            var acroForm = new org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm(source);
+            source.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
+            assertDoesNotThrow(
+                    () ->
+                            GeneralFormCopyUtils.copyAndTransformFormFields(
+                                    source, target, 1, 1, 1, 1, 612f, 792f));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDCheckBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDComboBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDListBox;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDPushButton;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDRadioButton;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignatureField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTerminalField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class GeneralFormFieldTypeSupportTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withNull_returnsNull() {
+        assertNull(GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withTextField_returnsTEXT() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTextField field = new PDTextField(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT, GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withCheckBox_returnsCHECKBOX() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDCheckBox field = new PDCheckBox(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX,
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withRadioButton_returnsRADIO() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDRadioButton field = new PDRadioButton(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO, GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withComboBox_returnsCOMBOBOX() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDComboBox field = new PDComboBox(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.COMBOBOX,
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withListBox_returnsLISTBOX() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDListBox field = new PDListBox(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.LISTBOX,
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withSignatureField_returnsSIGNATURE() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDSignatureField field = new PDSignatureField(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE,
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forField_withPushButton_returnsBUTTON() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDPushButton field = new PDPushButton(form);
+            assertEquals(
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON,
+                    GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.forField(field));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createField_text_returnsPDTextField() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTerminalField field = GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT.createField(form);
+            assertInstanceOf(PDTextField.class, field);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createField_checkbox_returnsPDCheckBox() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTerminalField field = GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX.createField(form);
+            assertInstanceOf(PDCheckBox.class, field);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createField_signature_returnsPDSignatureField() throws Exception {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm form = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            PDTerminalField field = GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE.createField(form);
+            assertInstanceOf(PDSignatureField.class, field);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void typeName_returnsExpectedValues() {
+        assertEquals("text", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT.typeName());
+        assertEquals("checkbox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX.typeName());
+        assertEquals("radio", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO.typeName());
+        assertEquals("combobox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.COMBOBOX.typeName());
+        assertEquals("listbox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.LISTBOX.typeName());
+        assertEquals("signature", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE.typeName());
+        assertEquals("button", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON.typeName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void fallbackWidgetName_returnsExpectedValues() {
+        assertEquals("textField", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.TEXT.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("checkBox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.CHECKBOX.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("radioButton", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.RADIO.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("comboBox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.COMBOBOX.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("listBox", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.LISTBOX.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("signature", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.SIGNATURE.fallbackWidgetName());
+        assertEquals("pushButton", GeneralFormFieldTypeSupport.BUTTON.fallbackWidgetName());
+    }
+}
@@ -2,79 +2,110 @@ package stirling.software.common.util;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

-import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.DataBufferByte;
+import java.awt.image.DataBufferInt;

 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

-public class ImageProcessingUtilsTest {
+class ImageProcessingUtilsTest {

-    private static void fillImageWithColor(BufferedImage image) {
-        for (int y = 0; y < image.getHeight(); y++) {
-            for (int x = 0; x < image.getWidth(); x++) {
-                image.setRGB(x, y, Color.RED.getRGB());
-            }
-        }
+    @Test
+    void convertColorType_greyscale_returnsGrayscaleImage() {
+        BufferedImage source = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(source, "greyscale");
+        assertEquals(BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY, result.getType());
+        assertEquals(10, result.getWidth());
+        assertEquals(10, result.getHeight());
    }

    @Test
-    void testConvertColorTypeToGreyscale() {
-        BufferedImage sourceImage = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-        fillImageWithColor(sourceImage);
-
-        BufferedImage convertedImage =
-                ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(sourceImage, "greyscale");
-
-        assertNotNull(convertedImage);
-        assertEquals(BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY, convertedImage.getType());
-        assertEquals(sourceImage.getWidth(), convertedImage.getWidth());
-        assertEquals(sourceImage.getHeight(), convertedImage.getHeight());
-
-        // Check if a pixel is correctly converted to greyscale
-        Color grey = new Color(convertedImage.getRGB(0, 0));
-        assertEquals(grey.getRed(), grey.getGreen());
-        assertEquals(grey.getGreen(), grey.getBlue());
+    void convertColorType_blackwhite_returnsBinaryImage() {
+        BufferedImage source = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(source, "blackwhite");
+        assertEquals(BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY, result.getType());
    }

    @Test
-    void testConvertColorTypeToBlackWhite() {
-        BufferedImage sourceImage = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-        fillImageWithColor(sourceImage);
-
-        BufferedImage convertedImage =
-                ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(sourceImage, "blackwhite");
-
-        assertNotNull(convertedImage);
-        assertEquals(BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY, convertedImage.getType());
-        assertEquals(sourceImage.getWidth(), convertedImage.getWidth());
-        assertEquals(sourceImage.getHeight(), convertedImage.getHeight());
-
-        // Check if a pixel is converted correctly (binary image will be either black or white)
-        int rgb = convertedImage.getRGB(0, 0);
-        assertTrue(rgb == Color.BLACK.getRGB() || rgb == Color.WHITE.getRGB());
+    void convertColorType_fullColor_returnsSameImage() {
+        BufferedImage source = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(source, "fullcolor");
+        assertSame(source, result);
    }

    @Test
-    void testConvertColorTypeToFullColor() {
-        BufferedImage sourceImage = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-        fillImageWithColor(sourceImage);
-
-        BufferedImage convertedImage =
-                ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(sourceImage, "fullcolor");
-
-        assertNotNull(convertedImage);
-        assertEquals(sourceImage, convertedImage);
+    void convertColorType_unknownType_returnsSameImage() {
+        BufferedImage source = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(source, "something_else");
+        assertSame(source, result);
    }

    @Test
-    void testConvertColorTypeInvalid() {
-        BufferedImage sourceImage = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
-        fillImageWithColor(sourceImage);
+    void getImageData_byteBuffer_returnsCorrectData() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(2, 2, BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY);
+        byte[] data = ImageProcessingUtils.getImageData(image);
+        assertNotNull(data);
+        assertTrue(data instanceof byte[]);
+        // TYPE_BYTE_GRAY uses DataBufferByte
+        assertTrue(image.getRaster().getDataBuffer() instanceof DataBufferByte);
+    }

-        BufferedImage convertedImage =
-                ImageProcessingUtils.convertColorType(sourceImage, "invalidtype");
+    @Test
+    void getImageData_intBuffer_returnsCorrectLength() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(2, 2, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        // TYPE_INT_RGB uses DataBufferInt
+        assertTrue(image.getRaster().getDataBuffer() instanceof DataBufferInt);
+        byte[] data = ImageProcessingUtils.getImageData(image);
+        assertNotNull(data);
+        // 2x2 pixels, 4 bytes per int
+        assertEquals(2 * 2 * 4, data.length);
+    }

-        assertNotNull(convertedImage);
-        assertEquals(sourceImage, convertedImage);
+    @Test
+    void getImageData_ushortBuffer_returnsRGBData() {
+        // TYPE_USHORT_GRAY uses DataBufferUShort which hits the else branch
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(2, 2, BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_GRAY);
+        byte[] data = ImageProcessingUtils.getImageData(image);
+        assertNotNull(data);
+        // 2x2 pixels, 3 bytes per pixel (RGB)
+        assertEquals(2 * 2 * 3, data.length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyOrientation_zeroRotation_returnsSameImage() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10, 20, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.applyOrientation(image, 0);
+        assertSame(image, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyOrientation_90degrees_returnsRotatedImage() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10, 20, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+        g.setColor(Color.RED);
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, 10, 20);
+        g.dispose();
+
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.applyOrientation(image, 90);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        // The rotated image should have non-zero dimensions
+        assertTrue(result.getWidth() > 0);
+        assertTrue(result.getHeight() > 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyOrientation_180degrees_returnsRotatedImage() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.applyOrientation(image, 180);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyOrientation_270degrees_returnsRotatedImage() {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10, 20, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage result = ImageProcessingUtils.applyOrientation(image, 270);
+        assertNotNull(result);
    }
 }
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class JarPathUtilTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void currentJar_notRunningFromJar_returnsNull() {
+        // When running tests from IDE/Gradle, we are not in a JAR
+        Path result = JarPathUtil.currentJar();
+        assertNull(result, "Should return null when not running from a JAR file");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void restartHelperJar_notFound_returnsNull() {
+        // Since we're not running from JAR and restart-helper.jar likely doesn't exist
+        Path result = JarPathUtil.restartHelperJar();
+        assertNull(result, "Should return null when restart-helper.jar is not found");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void javaExecutable_returnsNonNullPath() {
+        String result = JarPathUtil.javaExecutable();
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertTrue(result.contains("java"), "Should contain 'java' in the path");
+        assertTrue(result.contains("bin"), "Should contain 'bin' in the path");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void javaExecutable_containsJavaHome() {
+        String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
+        String result = JarPathUtil.javaExecutable();
+        assertTrue(result.startsWith(javaHome), "Should start with java.home system property");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void javaExecutable_windowsHasExeExtension() {
+        String result = JarPathUtil.javaExecutable();
+        if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("win")) {
+            assertTrue(result.endsWith(".exe"), "On Windows, should end with .exe");
+        } else {
+            assertFalse(result.endsWith(".exe"), "On non-Windows, should not end with .exe");
+        }
+    }
+}
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+package stirling.software.common.util;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class JobContextTest {
+
+    @AfterEach
+    void cleanup() {
+        JobContext.clear();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should return null when no job ID is set")
+    void returnsNullByDefault() {
+        assertNull(JobContext.getJobId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should store and retrieve job ID")
+    void setAndGet() {
+        JobContext.setJobId("job-123");
+        assertEquals("job-123", JobContext.getJobId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should clear job ID")
+    void clearJobId() {
+        JobContext.setJobId("job-456");
+        JobContext.clear();
+        assertNull(JobContext.getJobId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should isolate job IDs between threads")
+    void threadIsolation() throws Exception {
+        JobContext.setJobId("main-job");
+
+        Thread other =
+                new Thread(
+                        () -> {
+                            assertNull(JobContext.getJobId());
+                            JobContext.setJobId("other-job");
+                            assertEquals("other-job", JobContext.getJobId());
+                        });
+        other.start();
+        other.join();
+
+        assertEquals("main-job", JobContext.getJobId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("should allow overwriting job ID")
+    void overwriteJobId() {
+        JobContext.setJobId("first");
+        JobContext.setJobId("second");
+        assertEquals("second", JobContext.getJobId());
+    }
+}
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